#E9DE89#E9DE89

#E9DE89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE89
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 41.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -8.04, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 43.72, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.022 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.2422, 71.3742, 34.0546)
Luminance	0.7137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE89 #8994E9

analogous

#E9AE89 #E9DE89 #C4E989

triadic

#E9DE89 #89E9DE #DE89E9

tetradic

#E9DE89 #89E9AE #8994E9 #E989C4

square

#E9DE89 #89E9AE #8994E9 #E989C4

split-complementary

#E9DE89 #89C4E9 #AE89E9

monochromatic

#D1BD27 #DFD055 #E9DE89 #F3ECBD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9DE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E9DE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE89

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE89	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e8ac',
    500: '#e9de89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de89;
$custom-light: #f1e8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89088,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE89

secondary

#5360C3

accent

#2AD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE89

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

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