#E9E778#E9E778

#E9E778 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.134 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E778
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -14.15, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 55.61, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0411 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.5719, 75.8332, 28.9488)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E778 #787AE9

analogous

#E9AF78 #E9E778 #B3E978

triadic

#E9E778 #78E9E7 #E778E9

tetradic

#E9E778 #78E9AF #787AE9 #E978B3

square

#E9E778 #78E9AF #787AE9 #E978B3

split-complementary

#E9E778 #78B3E9 #AF78E9

monochromatic

#C6C320 #E0DE43 #E9E778 #F2F0AD #FAFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E9E778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E778

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E778	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eea1',
    500: '#e9e778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e778;
$custom-light: #f2eea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90699,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E778

secondary

#4446C1

accent

#15D411

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E778

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →