#E9E975#E9E975

#E9E975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.139 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E975
RGBrgb(233, 233, 117)
HSLhsl(60, 73%, 69%)
HSVhsv(60, 50%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 49.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(90.27, -15.40, 55.75)
CIE-LCHlch(90.27, 57.84, 105.44°)
OKLaboklab(91.08% -0.0449 0.1314)
OKLCHoklch(91.08% 0.139 108.9)
XYZxyz(65.9556, 76.8874, 28.1925)
Luminance0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E975 #7575E9
analogous
#E9AF75 #E9E975 #AFE975
triadic
#E9E975 #75E9E9 #E975E9
tetradic
#E9E975 #75E9AF #7575E9 #E975AF
square
#E9E975 #75E9AF #7575E9 #E975AF
split-complementary
#E9E975 #75AFE9 #AF75E9
monochromatic
#C4C41F #E1E140 #E9E975 #F1F1AA #FAFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28
#E9E975 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38
#E9E975 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E975
16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E975#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E9751.001.2816.3816.38
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.3821.001.001.00
##00000016.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9E16A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE57B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7DDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.139 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efa0',
    500: '#e9e975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e975;
$custom-light: #f2efa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91077,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E975
secondary
#4141C1
accent
#11D511
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#17160F
muted
#858580

Preview Lab

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#E9E975 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva