#E9D877#E9D877

#E9D877 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D877
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -6.74, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 50.03, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0199 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4917, 67.7695, 27.2909)
Luminance	0.6777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D877 #7788E9

analogous

#E99F77 #E9D877 #C1E977

triadic

#E9D877 #77E9D8 #D877E9

tetradic

#E9D877 #77E99F #7788E9 #E977C1

square

#E9D877 #77E99F #7788E9 #E977C1

split-complementary

#E9D877 #77C1E9 #9F77E9

monochromatic

#C6AD20 #E0C942 #E9D877 #F2E7AC #FAF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#E9D877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D877

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D877	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e3a0',
    500: '#e9d877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d877;
$custom-light: #f2e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87606,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D877

secondary

#4356C1

accent

#2ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D877

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

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