#E9E679#E9E679

#E9E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.132 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E679
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -13.57, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 54.72, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0393 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.132 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3538, 75.2994, 29.1770)
Luminance	0.7530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E679 #797CE9

analogous

#E9AE79 #E9E679 #B4E979

triadic

#E9E679 #79E9E6 #E679E9

tetradic

#E9E679 #79E9AE #797CE9 #E979B4

square

#E9E679 #79E9AE #797CE9 #E979B4

split-complementary

#E9E679 #79B4E9 #AE79E9

monochromatic

#C7C221 #E0DC44 #E9E679 #F2F0AE #FAFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#E9E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E679

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E679	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.132 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eda2',
    500: '#e9e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e679;
$custom-light: #f2eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90505,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E679

secondary

#4548C1

accent

#17D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E679

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

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