#E9E978#E9E978

#E9E978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.136 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E978
RGBrgb(233, 233, 120)
HSLhsl(60, 72%, 69%)
HSVhsv(60, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(90.30, -15.14, 54.40)
CIE-LCHlch(90.30, 56.47, 105.55°)
OKLaboklab(91.11% -0.0439 0.1288)
OKLCHoklch(91.11% 0.136 108.8)
XYZxyz(66.1348, 76.9591, 29.1364)
Luminance0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E978 #7878E9
analogous
#E9B178 #E9E978 #B1E978
triadic
#E9E978 #78E9E9 #E978E9
tetradic
#E9E978 #78E9B1 #7878E9 #E978B1
square
#E9E978 #78E9B1 #7878E9 #E978B1
split-complementary
#E9E978 #78B1E9 #B178E9
monochromatic
#C6C620 #E0E043 #E9E978 #F2F2AD #FAFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28
#E9E978 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39
#E9E978 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E978
16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E978#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E9781.001.2816.3916.39
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.3921.001.001.00
##00000016.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9E16E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE57E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7DDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.136 108.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efa1',
    500: '#e9e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e978;
$custom-light: #f2efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91114,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E978
secondary
#4444C1
accent
#11D411
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#17160F
muted
#858580

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#E9E978 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva