#E9E87F#E9E87F

#E9E87F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.128 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E87F
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 127)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 45.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.12, -14.01, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.12, 52.78, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.04 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.128 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.2930, 76.5707, 31.3620)
Luminance	0.7657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E87F #7F80E9

analogous

#E9B37F #E9E87F #B5E97F

triadic

#E9E87F #7FE9E8 #E87FE9

tetradic

#E9E87F #7FE9B3 #7F80E9 #E97FB5

square

#E9E87F #7FE9B3 #7F80E9 #E97FB5

split-complementary

#E9E87F #7FB5E9 #B37FE9

monochromatic

#CBC923 #E0DF4B #E9E87F #F2F1B3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#E9E87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E87F

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E87F	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.128 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efa6',
    500: '#e9e87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e87f;
$custom-light: #f2efa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90998,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E87F

secondary

#4A4BC2

accent

#15D313

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E87F

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

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