#E9F979#E9F979

#E9F979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.153 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F979
RGB	rgb(233, 249, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.51, -22.79, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.51, 63.16, 111.16°)
OKLab	oklab(94.47% -0.0655 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(94.47% 0.153 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9323, 86.4564, 31.0365)
Luminance	0.8646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F979 #8979F9

analogous

#F9C979 #E9F979 #A9F979

triadic

#E9F979 #79E9F9 #F979E9

tetradic

#E9F979 #79F9C9 #8979F9 #F979A9

square

#E9F979 #79F9C9 #8979F9 #F979A9

split-complementary

#E9F979 #79A9F9 #C979F9

monochromatic

#D1ED0B #DFF63E #E9F979 #F3FCB4 #FAFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#E9F979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.29

#E9F979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F979

18.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F979	1.00	1.15	18.29	18.29
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5EDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 249, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.153 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2fba3',
    500: '#e9f979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f979;
$custom-light: #f2fba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94474,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F979

secondary

#5341D5

accent

#00E61D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFFF6

border

#D6D7D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F979

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

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