#E9D577#E9D577

#E9D577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D577
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -5.22, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 48.92, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0155 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7301, 66.2463, 27.0370)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D577 #778BE9

analogous

#E99C77 #E9D577 #C4E977

triadic

#E9D577 #77E9D5 #D577E9

tetradic

#E9D577 #77E99C #778BE9 #E977C4

square

#E9D577 #77E99C #778BE9 #E977C4

split-complementary

#E9D577 #77C4E9 #9C77E9

monochromatic

#C6A920 #E0C542 #E9D577 #F2E5AC #FAF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E9D577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D577

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D577	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e1a0',
    500: '#e9d577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d577;
$custom-light: #f2e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86997,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D577

secondary

#4359C1

accent

#33D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D577

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

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