#E9E577#E9E577

#E9E577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E577
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -13.25, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 55.23, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0386 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.133 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.9549, 74.6959, 28.4453)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E577 #777BE9

analogous

#E9AC77 #E9E577 #B4E977

triadic

#E9E577 #77E9E5 #E577E9

tetradic

#E9E577 #77E9AC #777BE9 #E977B4

square

#E9E577 #77E9AC #777BE9 #E977B4

split-complementary

#E9E577 #77B4E9 #AC77E9

monochromatic

#C6C020 #E0DB42 #E9E577 #F2EFAC #FAF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E9E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E577

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E577	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.133 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eda1',
    500: '#e9e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e577;
$custom-light: #f2eda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90273,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E577

secondary

#4347C1

accent

#18D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E577

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

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