#E9E079#E9E079

#E9E079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.126 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E079
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -10.59, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 52.23, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0308 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.126 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7127, 72.0173, 28.6300)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E079 #7982E9

analogous

#E9A879 #E9E079 #BAE979

triadic

#E9E079 #79E9E0 #E079E9

tetradic

#E9E079 #79E9A8 #7982E9 #E979BA

square

#E9E079 #79E9A8 #7982E9 #E979BA

split-complementary

#E9E079 #79BAE9 #A879E9

monochromatic

#C7BA21 #E0D444 #E9E079 #F2ECAE #FAF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E9E079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E079

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E079	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.126 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e9a2',
    500: '#e9e079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e079;
$custom-light: #f2e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89268,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E079

secondary

#454FC1

accent

#21D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E079

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

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