#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
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -15.14, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 56.47, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0439 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.136 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1348, 76.9591, 29.1364)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9E978	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E978

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

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