#E9E786#E9E786

#E9E786 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.120 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E786
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -12.84, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 49.03, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.036 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.12 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.4845, 76.1982, 33.7551)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E786 #8688E9

analogous

#E9B686 #E9E786 #BAE986

triadic

#E9E786 #86E9E7 #E786E9

tetradic

#E9E786 #86E9B6 #8688E9 #E986BA

square

#E9E786 #86E9B6 #8688E9 #E986BA

split-complementary

#E9E786 #86BAE9 #B686E9

monochromatic

#CFCC26 #E0DD52 #E9E786 #F2F1BA #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E9E786 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E786

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E786	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.120 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eeab',
    500: '#e9e786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e786;
$custom-light: #f1eeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90889,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E786

secondary

#5153C2

accent

#18D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E786

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

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