#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
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -11.30, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 40.23, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0302 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.1 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.2113, 77.3381, 41.4653)
Luminance	0.7734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##E9E899	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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