#E9DDAC#E9DDAC

#E9DDAC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.065 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DDAC
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 172)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 26.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -3.39, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 25.82, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0067 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.065 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9074, 72.0166, 49.3977)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DDAC #ACB8E9

analogous

#E9BFAC #E9DDAC #D7E9AC

triadic

#E9DDAC #ACE9DD #DDACE9

tetradic

#E9DDAC #ACE9BF #ACB8E9 #E9ACD7

square

#E9DDAC #ACE9BF #ACB8E9 #E9ACD7

split-complementary

#E9DDAC #ACD7E9 #BFACE9

monochromatic

#CFB54B #DCC97C #E9DDAC #F6F1DC #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9DDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E9DDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DDAC

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DDAC	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ddac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.065 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e7c5',
    500: '#e9ddac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ddac;
$custom-light: #f0e7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ddac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89519,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DDAC

secondary

#7584C5

accent

#40C620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DDAC

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

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