#E9E77E#E9E77E

#E9E77E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.128 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E77E
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -13.61, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 52.82, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0389 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.128 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9475, 75.9834, 30.9269)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E77E #7E80E9

analogous

#E9B27E #E9E77E #B5E97E

triadic

#E9E77E #7EE9E7 #E77EE9

tetradic

#E9E77E #7EE9B2 #7E80E9 #E97EB5

square

#E9E77E #7EE9B2 #7E80E9 #E97EB5

split-complementary

#E9E77E #7EB5E9 #B27EE9

monochromatic

#CAC722 #E0DD4A #E9E77E #F2F1B2 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E9E77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E77E

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E77E	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.128 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eea5',
    500: '#e9e77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e77e;
$custom-light: #f2eea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90777,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E77E

secondary

#494CC2

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E77E

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

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