#E9E276#E9E276

#E9E276 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.131 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E276
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 118)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -11.85, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 54.44, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0347 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.131 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0723, 73.0262, 27.8564)
Luminance	0.7302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E276 #767DE9

analogous

#E9A976 #E9E276 #B7E976

triadic

#E9E276 #76E9E2 #E276E9

tetradic

#E9E276 #76E9A9 #767DE9 #E976B7

square

#E9E276 #76E9A9 #767DE9 #E976B7

split-complementary

#E9E276 #76B7E9 #A976E9

monochromatic

#C5BB20 #E1D741 #E9E276 #F1EDAB #FAF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E9E276 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E276

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E276	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.131 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa0',
    500: '#e9e276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e276;
$custom-light: #f2eaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89641,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E276

secondary

#424AC1

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E276

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

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