#E9E178#E9E178

#E9E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.128 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E178
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -11.18, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 53.10, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0325 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.128 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9213, 72.5320, 28.3986)
Luminance	0.7253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E178 #7880E9

analogous

#E9A978 #E9E178 #B9E978

triadic

#E9E178 #78E9E1 #E178E9

tetradic

#E9E178 #78E9A9 #7880E9 #E978B9

square

#E9E178 #78E9A9 #7880E9 #E978B9

split-complementary

#E9E178 #78B9E9 #A978E9

monochromatic

#C6BB20 #E0D543 #E9E178 #F2EDAD #FAF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E9E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E178

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E178	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.128 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa1',
    500: '#e9e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e178;
$custom-light: #f2eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8946,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E178

secondary

#444DC1

accent

#1FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E178

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

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