#E9E686#E9E686

#E9E686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.119 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E686
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 134)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -12.35, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 48.59, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0346 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.119 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.2054, 75.6401, 33.6621)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E686 #8689E9

analogous

#E9B586 #E9E686 #BBE986

triadic

#E9E686 #86E9E6 #E686E9

tetradic

#E9E686 #86E9B5 #8689E9 #E986BB

square

#E9E686 #86E9B5 #8689E9 #E986BB

split-complementary

#E9E686 #86BBE9 #B586E9

monochromatic

#CFCA26 #E0DB52 #E9E686 #F2F1BA #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E9E686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E686

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E686	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.119 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1edab',
    500: '#e9e686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e686;
$custom-light: #f1edab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90683,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.75638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E686

secondary

#5154C2

accent

#1AD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E686

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

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