#E9D772#E9D772

#E9D772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D772
RGB	rgb(233, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -6.67, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 52.01, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0202 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9439, 67.1417, 25.6657)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D772 #7284E9

analogous

#E99B72 #E9D772 #C0E972

triadic

#E9D772 #72E9D7 #D772E9

tetradic

#E9D772 #72E99B #7284E9 #E972C0

square

#E9D772 #72E99B #7284E9 #E972C0

split-complementary

#E9D772 #72C0E9 #9B72E9

monochromatic

#C2A91E #E1C83D #E9D772 #F1E6A7 #FAF5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E9D772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E9D772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D772

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D772	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e39d',
    500: '#e9d772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d772;
$custom-light: #f2e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87337,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D772

secondary

#3E52C1

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D772

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

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