#E9DC77#E9DC77

#E9DC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.124 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC77
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -8.76, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 51.57, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0257 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.124 102)
XYZ	xyz(62.5290, 69.8440, 27.6366)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC77 #7784E9

analogous

#E9A377 #E9DC77 #BDE977

triadic

#E9DC77 #77E9DC #DC77E9

tetradic

#E9DC77 #77E9A3 #7784E9 #E977BD

square

#E9DC77 #77E9A3 #7784E9 #E977BD

split-complementary

#E9DC77 #77BDE9 #A377E9

monochromatic

#C6B320 #E0CE42 #E9DC77 #F2EAAC #FAF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E9DC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC77

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC77	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.124 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a0',
    500: '#e9dc77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc77;
$custom-light: #f2e6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88422,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.69842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC77

secondary

#4351C1

accent

#28D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC77

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

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