#E9E076#E9E076

#E9E076 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.128 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E076
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 118)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -10.85, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 53.63, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0318 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.128 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5316, 71.9449, 27.6762)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E076 #767FE9

analogous

#E9A776 #E9E076 #B9E976

triadic

#E9E076 #76E9E0 #E076E9

tetradic

#E9E076 #76E9A7 #767FE9 #E976B9

square

#E9E076 #76E9A7 #767FE9 #E976B9

split-complementary

#E9E076 #76B9E9 #A776E9

monochromatic

#C5B820 #E1D441 #E9E076 #F1ECAB #FAF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E076 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E9E076 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E076

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E076	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E076	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e076;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.128 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e9a0',
    500: '#e9e076',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e076;
$custom-light: #f2e9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e076",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89229,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E076

secondary

#424CC1

accent

#20D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E076

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

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