#E9D976#E9D976

#E9D976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D976
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -7.34, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 50.88, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0217 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6889, 68.2595, 27.0619)
Luminance	0.6826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D976 #7686E9

analogous

#E9A076 #E9D976 #C0E976

triadic

#E9D976 #76E9D9 #D976E9

tetradic

#E9D976 #76E9A0 #7686E9 #E976C0

square

#E9D976 #76E9A0 #7686E9 #E976C0

split-complementary

#E9D976 #76C0E9 #A076E9

monochromatic

#C5AE20 #E1CA41 #E9D976 #F1E8AB #FAF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9D976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#E9D976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D976

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D976	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e49f',
    500: '#e9d976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d976;
$custom-light: #f2e49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87796,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D976

secondary

#4254C1

accent

#2CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D976

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

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