#E9E780#E9E780

#E9E780 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.126 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E780
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 128)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -13.42, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 51.88, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0382 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.126 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0778, 76.0356, 31.6134)
Luminance	0.7603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E780 #8082E9

analogous

#E9B280 #E9E780 #B6E980

triadic

#E9E780 #80E9E7 #E780E9

tetradic

#E9E780 #80E9B2 #8082E9 #E980B6

square

#E9E780 #80E9B2 #8082E9 #E980B6

split-complementary

#E9E780 #80B6E9 #B280E9

monochromatic

#CBC823 #E0DD4C #E9E780 #F2F1B4 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E9E780 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E780

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E780	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.126 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eea7',
    500: '#e9e780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e780;
$custom-light: #f2eea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90805,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E780

secondary

#4B4DC2

accent

#17D213

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E780

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

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