#E9E774#E9E774

#E9E774 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E774
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -14.50, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 57.44, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0424 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.3342, 75.7381, 27.6969)
Luminance	0.7574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E774 #7476E9

analogous

#E9AC74 #E9E774 #B0E974

triadic

#E9E774 #74E9E7 #E774E9

tetradic

#E9E774 #74E9AC #7476E9 #E974B0

square

#E9E774 #74E9AC #7476E9 #E974B0

split-complementary

#E9E774 #74B0E9 #AC74E9

monochromatic

#C4C11F #E1DE3F #E9E774 #F1F0A9 #FAF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E9E774 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E774

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E774	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ee9f',
    500: '#e9e774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e774;
$custom-light: #f2ee9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9065,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.75736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E774

secondary

#4042C1

accent

#14D511

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E774

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

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