#E9E772#E9E772

#E9E772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E772
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -14.66, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 58.35, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0431 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.2191, 75.6921, 27.0908)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E772 #7274E9

analogous

#E9AC72 #E9E772 #AFE972

triadic

#E9E772 #72E9E7 #E772E9

tetradic

#E9E772 #72E9AC #7274E9 #E972AF

square

#E9E772 #72E9AC #7274E9 #E972AF

split-complementary

#E9E772 #72AFE9 #AC72E9

monochromatic

#C2C01E #E1DE3D #E9E772 #F1F0A7 #FAF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E9E772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E772

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E772	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ee9d',
    500: '#e9e772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e772;
$custom-light: #f2ee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90626,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.7569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E772

secondary

#3E41C1

accent

#14D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E772

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

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