#E9DD7A#E9DD7A

#E9DD7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD7A
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 122)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -8.99, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 50.55, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0261 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.122 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.9752, 70.4437, 28.6883)
Luminance	0.7044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD7A #7A86E9

analogous

#E9A67A #E9DD7A #BDE97A

triadic

#E9DD7A #7AE9DD #DD7AE9

tetradic

#E9DD7A #7AE9A6 #7A86E9 #E97ABD

square

#E9DD7A #7AE9A6 #7A86E9 #E97ABD

split-complementary

#E9DD7A #7ABDE9 #A67AE9

monochromatic

#C8B621 #E0D045 #E9DD7A #F2EAAF #FAF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DD7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E9DD7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD7A

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD7A	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e7a2',
    500: '#e9dd7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd7a;
$custom-light: #f2e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88666,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD7A

secondary

#4653C1

accent

#27D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD7A

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

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