#E9E672#E9E672

#E9E672 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.139 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E672
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -14.17, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 57.93, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0417 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9400, 75.1339, 26.9978)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E672 #7275E9

analogous

#E9AA72 #E9E672 #B1E972

triadic

#E9E672 #72E9E6 #E672E9

tetradic

#E9E672 #72E9AA #7275E9 #E972B1

square

#E9E672 #72E9AA #7275E9 #E972B1

split-complementary

#E9E672 #72B1E9 #AA72E9

monochromatic

#C2BE1E #E1DD3D #E9E672 #F1EFA7 #FAF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E672 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E9E672 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E672

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E672	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E672	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e672;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed9d',
    500: '#e9e672',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e672;
$custom-light: #f2ed9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e672",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90418,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E672

secondary

#3E42C1

accent

#15D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E672

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

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