#E9E773#E9E773

#E9E773 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.139 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E773
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -14.58, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 57.90, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0428 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.139 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.2763, 75.7150, 27.3922)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E773 #7375E9

analogous

#E9AC73 #E9E773 #B0E973

triadic

#E9E773 #73E9E7 #E773E9

tetradic

#E9E773 #73E9AC #7375E9 #E973B0

square

#E9E773 #73E9AC #7375E9 #E973B0

split-complementary

#E9E773 #73B0E9 #AC73E9

monochromatic

#C3C01F #E1DE3E #E9E773 #F1F0A8 #FAF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E773 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E9E773 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E773

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E773	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E773	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)

#F7DF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e773;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.139 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ee9e',
    500: '#e9e773',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e773;
$custom-light: #f2ee9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e773",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90638,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.75713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E773

secondary

#3F42C1

accent

#14D511

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E773

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

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