#E9DE79#E9DE79

#E9DE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.123 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE79
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -9.59, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 51.42, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0279 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.124 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1784, 70.9486, 28.4519)
Luminance	0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE79 #7984E9

analogous

#E9A679 #E9DE79 #BCE979

triadic

#E9DE79 #79E9DE #DE79E9

tetradic

#E9DE79 #79E9A6 #7984E9 #E979BC

square

#E9DE79 #79E9A6 #7984E9 #E979BC

split-complementary

#E9DE79 #79BCE9 #A679E9

monochromatic

#C7B721 #E0D144 #E9DE79 #F2EBAE #FAF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#E9DE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE79

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE79	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.123 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e8a2',
    500: '#e9de79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de79;
$custom-light: #f2e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88858,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE79

secondary

#4551C1

accent

#25D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE79

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

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