#E9E893#E9E893

#E9E893 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.107 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E893
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 147)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 36.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -11.98, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 43.18, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0325 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.107 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7282, 77.1448, 38.9207)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E893 #9394E9

analogous

#E9BD93 #E9E893 #BFE993

triadic

#E9E893 #93E9E8 #E893E9

tetradic

#E9E893 #93E9BD #9394E9 #E993BF

square

#E9E893 #93E9BD #9394E9 #E993BF

split-complementary

#E9E893 #93BFE9 #BD93E9

monochromatic

#D4D22D #DFDD60 #E9E893 #F3F3C6 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9E893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E9E893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E893

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E893	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.107 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efb4',
    500: '#e9e893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e893;
$custom-light: #f1efb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.302,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91294,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E893

secondary

#5D5EC3

accent

#1ACE17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E893

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

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