#E9E077#E9E077

#E9E077 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.127 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E077
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -10.77, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 53.16, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0315 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.127 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5914, 71.9688, 27.9908)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E077 #7780E9

analogous

#E9A777 #E9E077 #B9E977

triadic

#E9E077 #77E9E0 #E077E9

tetradic

#E9E077 #77E9A7 #7780E9 #E977B9

square

#E9E077 #77E9A7 #7780E9 #E977B9

split-complementary

#E9E077 #77B9E9 #A777E9

monochromatic

#C6B920 #E0D442 #E9E077 #F2ECAC #FAF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E077 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E9E077 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E077

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E077	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E077	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)

#F0DA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e077;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.127 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e9a0',
    500: '#e9e077',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e077;
$custom-light: #f2e9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e077",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89242,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E077

secondary

#434DC1

accent

#21D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E077

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

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