#E9DE73#E9DE73

#E9DE73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.129 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE73
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -10.11, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 54.22, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.03 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.129 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8218, 70.8060, 26.5740)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE73 #737EE9

analogous

#E9A373 #E9DE73 #B9E973

triadic

#E9DE73 #73E9DE #DE73E9

tetradic

#E9DE73 #73E9A3 #737EE9 #E973B9

square

#E9DE73 #73E9A3 #737EE9 #E973B9

split-complementary

#E9DE73 #73B9E9 #A373E9

monochromatic

#C3B41F #E1D23E #E9DE73 #F1EAA8 #FAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#E9DE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE73

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE73	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)

#EED869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.129 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e89e',
    500: '#e9de73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de73;
$custom-light: #f2e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8878,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE73

secondary

#3F4BC1

accent

#23D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE73

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

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