#E9DC79#E9DC79

#E9DC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC79
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -8.58, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 50.62, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.025 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.122 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.6504, 69.8926, 28.2759)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC79 #7986E9

analogous

#E9A479 #E9DC79 #BEE979

triadic

#E9DC79 #79E9DC #DC79E9

tetradic

#E9DC79 #79E9A4 #7986E9 #E979BE

square

#E9DC79 #79E9A4 #7986E9 #E979BE

split-complementary

#E9DC79 #79BEE9 #A479E9

monochromatic

#C7B421 #E0CE44 #E9DC79 #F2EAAE #FAF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E9DC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC79

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC79	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.122 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a2',
    500: '#e9dc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc79;
$custom-light: #f2e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88448,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC79

secondary

#4553C1

accent

#28D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC79

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

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