#E9E775#E9E775

#E9E775 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.137 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E775
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 117)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 49.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -14.41, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 56.99, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0421 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.137 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.3926, 75.7615, 28.0049)
Luminance	0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E775 #7577E9

analogous

#E9AD75 #E9E775 #B1E975

triadic

#E9E775 #75E9E7 #E775E9

tetradic

#E9E775 #75E9AD #7577E9 #E975B1

square

#E9E775 #75E9AD #7577E9 #E975B1

split-complementary

#E9E775 #75B1E9 #AD75E9

monochromatic

#C4C11F #E1DE40 #E9E775 #F1F0AA #FAF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E9E775 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E775

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E775	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)

#F7DF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.137 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ee9f',
    500: '#e9e775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e775;
$custom-light: #f2ee9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90662,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E775

secondary

#4143C1

accent

#14D511

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E775

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

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