#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
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 117)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -15.40, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 57.84, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.08% -0.0449 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(91.08% 0.139 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9556, 76.8874, 28.1925)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E975	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E975

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

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