#E9DE6D#E9DE6D

#E9DE6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.135 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE6D
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -10.60, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 56.98, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.032 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.135 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.4878, 70.6724, 24.8146)
Luminance	0.7067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE6D #6D78E9

analogous

#E9A06D #E9DE6D #B6E96D

triadic

#E9DE6D #6DE9DE #DE6DE9

tetradic

#E9DE6D #6DE9A0 #6D78E9 #E96DB6

square

#E9DE6D #6DE9A0 #6D78E9 #E96DB6

split-complementary

#E9DE6D #6DB6E9 #A06DE9

monochromatic

#BFB01D #E1D238 #E9DE6D #F1EAA2 #F9F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E9DE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE6D

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE6D	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.135 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e89a',
    500: '#e9de6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de6d;
$custom-light: #f2e89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88707,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE6D

secondary

#3C48BE

accent

#21D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE6D

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

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