#E9D177#E9D177

#E9D177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.114 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D177
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -3.18, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 47.50, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0096 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.114 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7364, 64.2589, 26.7058)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D177 #778FE9

analogous

#E99877 #E9D177 #C8E977

triadic

#E9D177 #77E9D1 #D177E9

tetradic

#E9D177 #77E998 #778FE9 #E977C8

square

#E9D177 #77E998 #778FE9 #E977C8

split-complementary

#E9D177 #77C8E9 #9877E9

monochromatic

#C6A320 #E0BF42 #E9D177 #F2E3AC #FAF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E9D177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D177

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D177	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.114 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dea0',
    500: '#e9d177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d177;
$custom-light: #f2dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86189,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D177

secondary

#435EC1

accent

#3AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D177

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

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