#E9DE76#E9DE76

#E9DE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.126 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE76
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -9.85, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 52.83, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0289 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.126 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9973, 70.8762, 27.4980)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE76 #7681E9

analogous

#E9A576 #E9DE76 #BBE976

triadic

#E9DE76 #76E9DE #DE76E9

tetradic

#E9DE76 #76E9A5 #7681E9 #E976BB

square

#E9DE76 #76E9A5 #7681E9 #E976BB

split-complementary

#E9DE76 #76BBE9 #A576E9

monochromatic

#C5B520 #E1D141 #E9DE76 #F1EBAB #FAF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E9DE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE76

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE76	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.126 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e8a0',
    500: '#e9de76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de76;
$custom-light: #f2e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88818,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE76

secondary

#424EC1

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE76

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

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