#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
RGBrgb(233, 222, 121)
HSLhsl(54, 72%, 69%)
HSVhsv(54, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.46, -9.59, 50.52)
CIE-LCHlch(87.46, 51.42, 100.75°)
OKLaboklab(88.86% -0.0279 0.1203)
OKLCHoklch(88.86% 0.124 103.1)
XYZxyz(63.1784, 70.9486, 28.4519)
Luminance0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9DE791.001.3815.1915.19
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1921.001.001.00
##00000015.1921.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#E9DE79 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva