#E9DD74#E9DD74

#E9DD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD74
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -9.52, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 53.37, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0282 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6149, 70.2995, 26.7905)
Luminance	0.7030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD74 #7480E9

analogous

#E9A274 #E9DD74 #BAE974

triadic

#E9DD74 #74E9DD #DD74E9

tetradic

#E9DD74 #74E9A2 #7480E9 #E974BA

square

#E9DD74 #74E9A2 #7480E9 #E974BA

split-complementary

#E9DD74 #74BAE9 #A274E9

monochromatic

#C4B31F #E1D03F #E9DD74 #F1EAA9 #FAF7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E9DD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD74

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD74	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e79e',
    500: '#e9dd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd74;
$custom-light: #f2e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88588,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD74

secondary

#404DC1

accent

#25D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD74

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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