#E9DF79#E9DF79

#E9DF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.124 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DF79
RGB	rgb(233, 223, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -10.09, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 51.82, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0293 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.125 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.4448, 71.4814, 28.5407)
Luminance	0.7148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DF79 #7983E9

analogous

#E9A779 #E9DF79 #BBE979

triadic

#E9DF79 #79E9DF #DF79E9

tetradic

#E9DF79 #79E9A7 #7983E9 #E979BB

square

#E9DF79 #79E9A7 #7983E9 #E979BB

split-complementary

#E9DF79 #79BBE9 #A779E9

monochromatic

#C7B821 #E0D244 #E9DF79 #F2ECAE #FAF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9DF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E9DF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DF79

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DF79	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9df79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 223, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.124 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e8a2',
    500: '#e9df79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9df79;
$custom-light: #f2e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9df79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89063,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DF79

secondary

#4550C1

accent

#23D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DF79

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

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