#E9DE66#E9DE66

#E9DE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE66
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -11.14, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 60.11, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0343 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.1258, 70.5276, 22.9085)
Luminance	0.7053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE66 #6671E9

analogous

#E99C66 #E9DE66 #B2E966

triadic

#E9DE66 #66E9DE #DE66E9

tetradic

#E9DE66 #66E99C #6671E9 #E966B2

square

#E9DE66 #66E99C #6671E9 #E966B2

split-complementary

#E9DE66 #66B2E9 #9C66E9

monochromatic

#BAAD1B #E1D230 #E9DE66 #F1EA9C #F8F5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E9DE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE66

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE66	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e895',
    500: '#e9de66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de66;
$custom-light: #f3e895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88629,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE66

secondary

#3A45B9

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE66

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

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