#E9E879#E9E879

#E9E879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.134 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E879
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -14.56, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 55.58, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0421 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.134 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9135, 76.4189, 29.3636)
Luminance	0.7642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E879 #797AE9

analogous

#E9B079 #E9E879 #B2E979

triadic

#E9E879 #79E9E8 #E879E9

tetradic

#E9E879 #79E9B0 #797AE9 #E979B2

square

#E9E879 #79E9B0 #797AE9 #E979B2

split-complementary

#E9E879 #79B2E9 #B079E9

monochromatic

#C7C521 #E0DF44 #E9E879 #F2F1AE #FAFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#E9E879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E879

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E879	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.134 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efa2',
    500: '#e9e879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e879;
$custom-light: #f2efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90919,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E879

secondary

#4546C1

accent

#13D412

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E879

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

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