#E9E793#E9E793

#E9E793 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.106 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E793
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 147)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -11.48, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 42.73, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0311 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.106 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.4475, 76.5834, 38.8272)
Luminance	0.7658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E793 #9395E9

analogous

#E9BC93 #E9E793 #C0E993

triadic

#E9E793 #93E9E7 #E793E9

tetradic

#E9E793 #93E9BC #9395E9 #E993C0

square

#E9E793 #93E9BC #9395E9 #E993C0

split-complementary

#E9E793 #93C0E9 #BC93E9

monochromatic

#D4D02D #DFDC60 #E9E793 #F3F2C6 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E793 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E9E793 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E793

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E793	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E793	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e793;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.106 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eeb3',
    500: '#e9e793',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e793;
$custom-light: #f1eeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e793",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91089,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E793

secondary

#5D5FC3

accent

#1CCE17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E793

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

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