#E9DF72#E9DF72

#E9DF72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.131 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DF72
RGB	rgb(233, 223, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -10.69, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 55.08, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0318 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.131 104)
XYZ	xyz(63.0310, 71.3159, 26.3614)
Luminance	0.7131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DF72 #727CE9

analogous

#E9A372 #E9DF72 #B7E972

triadic

#E9DF72 #72E9DF #DF72E9

tetradic

#E9DF72 #72E9A3 #727CE9 #E972B7

square

#E9DF72 #72E9A3 #727CE9 #E972B7

split-complementary

#E9DF72 #72B7E9 #A372E9

monochromatic

#C2B51E #E1D33D #E9DF72 #F1EBA7 #FAF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#E9DF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DF72

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DF72	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9df72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 223, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.131 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e89d',
    500: '#e9df72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9df72;
$custom-light: #f2e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9df72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88973,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.71314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DF72

secondary

#3E49C1

accent

#21D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DF72

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

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