#E9E877#E9E877

#E9E877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E877
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -14.73, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 56.50, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0428 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.7922, 76.3704, 28.7244)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E877 #7778E9

analogous

#E9AF77 #E9E877 #B1E977

triadic

#E9E877 #77E9E8 #E877E9

tetradic

#E9E877 #77E9AF #7778E9 #E977B1

square

#E9E877 #77E9AF #7778E9 #E977B1

split-complementary

#E9E877 #77B1E9 #AF77E9

monochromatic

#C6C420 #E0DF42 #E9E877 #F2F1AC #FAFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#E9E877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E877

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E877	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efa1',
    500: '#e9e877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e877;
$custom-light: #f2efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90894,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E877

secondary

#4344C1

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E877

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

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