#E9E779#E9E779

#E9E779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.133 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E779
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -14.06, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 55.15, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0407 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.133 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6329, 75.8576, 29.2701)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E779 #797BE9

analogous

#E9AF79 #E9E779 #B3E979

triadic

#E9E779 #79E9E7 #E779E9

tetradic

#E9E779 #79E9AF #797BE9 #E979B3

square

#E9E779 #79E9AF #797BE9 #E979B3

split-complementary

#E9E779 #79B3E9 #AF79E9

monochromatic

#C7C421 #E0DE44 #E9E779 #F2F0AE #FAFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E9E779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E779

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E779	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)

#F7DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.133 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eea2',
    500: '#e9e779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e779;
$custom-light: #f2eea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90712,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E779

secondary

#4547C1

accent

#15D412

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E779

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

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