#E9E377#E9E377

#E9E377 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E377
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -12.26, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 54.39, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0358 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.4047, 73.5955, 28.2619)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E377 #777DE9

analogous

#E9AA77 #E9E377 #B6E977

triadic

#E9E377 #77E9E3 #E377E9

tetradic

#E9E377 #77E9AA #777DE9 #E977B6

square

#E9E377 #77E9AA #777DE9 #E977B6

split-complementary

#E9E377 #77B6E9 #AA77E9

monochromatic

#C6BD20 #E0D842 #E9E377 #F2EEAC #FAF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E9E377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E377

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E377	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eba1',
    500: '#e9e377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e377;
$custom-light: #f2eba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8986,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E377

secondary

#434AC1

accent

#1CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E377

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

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