#E9DD89#E9DD89

#E9DD89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD89
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 41.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -7.54, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 43.31, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0205 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9774, 70.8445, 33.9663)
Luminance	0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD89 #8995E9

analogous

#E9AD89 #E9DD89 #C5E989

triadic

#E9DD89 #89E9DD #DD89E9

tetradic

#E9DD89 #89E9AD #8995E9 #E989C5

square

#E9DD89 #89E9AD #8995E9 #E989C5

split-complementary

#E9DD89 #89C5E9 #AD89E9

monochromatic

#D1BB27 #DFCE55 #E9DD89 #F3ECBD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E9DD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD89

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD89	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e7ac',
    500: '#e9dd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd89;
$custom-light: #f1e7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88885,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD89

secondary

#5361C3

accent

#2CD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD89

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

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