#E9E376#E9E376

#E9E376 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E376
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -12.35, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 54.86, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0361 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3450, 73.5716, 27.9473)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E376 #767CE9

analogous

#E9AA76 #E9E376 #B6E976

triadic

#E9E376 #76E9E3 #E376E9

tetradic

#E9E376 #76E9AA #767CE9 #E976B6

square

#E9E376 #76E9AA #767CE9 #E976B6

split-complementary

#E9E376 #76B6E9 #AA76E9

monochromatic

#C5BC20 #E1D841 #E9E376 #F1EEAB #FAF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E9E376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E376

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E376	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eba0',
    500: '#e9e376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e376;
$custom-light: #f2eba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89847,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E376

secondary

#4249C1

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E376

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

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