#E9E87A#E9E87A

#E9E87A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E87A
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 122)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.06, -14.47, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.06, 55.11, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0418 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9752, 76.4436, 29.6883)
Luminance	0.7644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E87A #7A7BE9

analogous

#E9B07A #E9E87A #B3E97A

triadic

#E9E87A #7AE9E8 #E87AE9

tetradic

#E9E87A #7AE9B0 #7A7BE9 #E97AB3

square

#E9E87A #7AE9B0 #7A7BE9 #E97AB3

split-complementary

#E9E87A #7AB3E9 #B07AE9

monochromatic

#C8C621 #E0DF45 #E9E87A #F2F1AF #FAFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#E9E87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E87A

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E87A	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efa3',
    500: '#e9e87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e87a;
$custom-light: #f2efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90932,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E87A

secondary

#4647C1

accent

#14D412

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E87A

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

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