#E9E77F#E9E77F

#E9E77F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.127 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E77F
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 127)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -13.52, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 52.35, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0386 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.127 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0123, 76.0094, 31.2685)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E77F #7F81E9

analogous

#E9B27F #E9E77F #B6E97F

triadic

#E9E77F #7FE9E7 #E77FE9

tetradic

#E9E77F #7FE9B2 #7F81E9 #E97FB6

square

#E9E77F #7FE9B2 #7F81E9 #E97FB6

split-complementary

#E9E77F #7FB6E9 #B27FE9

monochromatic

#CBC823 #E0DD4B #E9E77F #F2F1B3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E77F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E9E77F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E77F

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E77F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E77F	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)

#F6E076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e77f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.127 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eea6',
    500: '#e9e77f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e77f;
$custom-light: #f2eea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e77f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90791,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E77F

secondary

#4A4DC2

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E77F

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