#E9E970#E9E970

#E9E970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.144 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E970
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -15.81, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 60.09, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0466 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.6695, 76.7730, 26.6855)
Luminance	0.7677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E970 #7070E9

analogous

#E9AC70 #E9E970 #ACE970

triadic

#E9E970 #70E9E9 #E970E9

tetradic

#E9E970 #70E9AC #7070E9 #E970AC

square

#E9E970 #70E9AC #7070E9 #E970AC

split-complementary

#E9E970 #70ACE9 #AC70E9

monochromatic

#C1C11E #E1E13B #E9E970 #F1F1A5 #F9F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E9E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E970

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E970	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef9c',
    500: '#e9e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e970;
$custom-light: #f2ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91018,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E970

secondary

#3E3EC0

accent

#10D510

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E970

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

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