#E9E899#E9E899

#E9E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.100 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E899
RGBrgb(233, 232, 153)
HSLhsl(59, 65%, 76%)
HSVhsv(59, 34%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(90.48, -11.30, 38.61)
CIE-LCHlch(90.48, 40.23, 106.31°)
OKLaboklab(91.39% -0.0302 0.0952)
OKLCHoklch(91.39% 0.1 107.6)
XYZxyz(68.2113, 77.3381, 41.4653)
Luminance0.7734 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E899 #999AE9
analogous
#E9C099 #E9E899 #C2E999
triadic
#E9E899 #99E9E8 #E899E9
tetradic
#E9E899 #99E9C0 #999AE9 #E999C2
square
#E9E899 #99E9C0 #999AE9 #E999C2
split-complementary
#E9E899 #99C2E9 #C099E9
monochromatic
#D3D134 #DEDD67 #E9E899 #F4F3CB #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28
#E9E899 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47
#E9E899 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E899
16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E899#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E8991.001.2816.4716.47
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4721.001.001.00
##00000016.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4E293
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E59C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4DFD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.100 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efb8',
    500: '#e9e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e899;
$custom-light: #f1efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91394,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E899
secondary
#6264C4
accent
#1BCC19
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FEFEF8
border
#D6D6D1
text
#171611
muted
#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E899

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#E9E899 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva