#E9E176#E9E176

#E9E176 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E176
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 118)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -11.35, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 54.03, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0332 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8012, 72.4840, 27.7660)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E176 #767EE9

analogous

#E9A876 #E9E176 #B8E976

triadic

#E9E176 #76E9E1 #E176E9

tetradic

#E9E176 #76E9A8 #767EE9 #E976B8

square

#E9E176 #76E9A8 #767EE9 #E976B8

split-complementary

#E9E176 #76B8E9 #A876E9

monochromatic

#C5B920 #E1D541 #E9E176 #F1EDAB #FAF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E9E176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E176

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E176	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa0',
    500: '#e9e176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e176;
$custom-light: #f2eaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89435,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E176

secondary

#424BC1

accent

#1FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E176

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

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