#E9ED6D#E9ED6D

#E9ED6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.151 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ED6D
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 109)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.23, -18.00, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.23, 63.11, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0531 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.151 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6504, 78.9976, 26.2021)
Luminance	0.7900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ED6D #716DED

analogous

#EDB16D #E9ED6D #A9ED6D

triadic

#E9ED6D #6DE9ED #ED6DE9

tetradic

#E9ED6D #6DEDB1 #716DED #ED6DA9

square

#E9ED6D #6DEDB1 #716DED #ED6DA9

split-complementary

#E9ED6D #6DA9ED #B16DED

monochromatic

#C2C719 #E1E637 #E9ED6D #F1F4A3 #F9FADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9ED6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#E9ED6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ED6D

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ED6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ED6D	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ed6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.151 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29b',
    500: '#e9ed6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ed6d;
$custom-light: #f2f29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ed6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91819,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ED6D

secondary

#3E3AC5

accent

#0BDA12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ED6D

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

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