#E9E579#E9E579

#E9E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E579
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -13.08, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 54.30, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0379 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.0763, 74.7445, 29.0845)
Luminance	0.7474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E579 #797DE9

analogous

#E9AD79 #E9E579 #B5E979

triadic

#E9E579 #79E9E5 #E579E9

tetradic

#E9E579 #79E9AD #797DE9 #E979B5

square

#E9E579 #79E9AD #797DE9 #E979B5

split-complementary

#E9E579 #79B5E9 #AD79E9

monochromatic

#C7C121 #E0DB44 #E9E579 #F2EFAE #FAF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E9E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E579

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E579	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eda2',
    500: '#e9e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e579;
$custom-light: #f2eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90298,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E579

secondary

#4549C1

accent

#19D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E579

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

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