#E9DE72#E9DE72

#E9DE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.130 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE72
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -10.19, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 54.69, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0303 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.13 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7646, 70.7831, 26.2726)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE72 #727DE9

analogous

#E9A272 #E9DE72 #B8E972

triadic

#E9DE72 #72E9DE #DE72E9

tetradic

#E9DE72 #72E9A2 #727DE9 #E972B8

square

#E9DE72 #72E9A2 #727DE9 #E972B8

split-complementary

#E9DE72 #72B8E9 #A272E9

monochromatic

#C2B31E #E1D23D #E9DE72 #F1EAA7 #FAF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#E9DE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE72

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE72	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.130 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e89d',
    500: '#e9de72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de72;
$custom-light: #f2e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88768,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE72

secondary

#3E4BC1

accent

#23D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE72

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

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