#E9DB77#E9DB77

#E9DB77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.123 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB77
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -8.26, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 51.18, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0243 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.123 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2673, 69.3207, 27.5494)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB77 #7785E9

analogous

#E9A277 #E9DB77 #BEE977

triadic

#E9DB77 #77E9DB #DB77E9

tetradic

#E9DB77 #77E9A2 #7785E9 #E977BE

square

#E9DB77 #77E9A2 #7785E9 #E977BE

split-complementary

#E9DB77 #77BEE9 #A277E9

monochromatic

#C6B120 #E0CD42 #E9DB77 #F2E9AC #FAF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DB77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E9DB77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB77

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB77	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.123 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a0',
    500: '#e9db77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db77;
$custom-light: #f2e6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88217,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB77

secondary

#4353C1

accent

#29D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB77

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

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