#E9F05E#E9F05E
#E9F05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.166 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F05E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 240, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 83%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 5.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.89, -20.52, 67.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.89, 70.65, 106.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.3% -0.0618 0.1542) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.3% 0.166 111.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.7866, 80.4535, 22.5984) |
| Luminance | 0.8045 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.35
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.60
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.66
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.69
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.81
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F05E #655EF0
analogous
#F0AE5E #E9F05E #A0F05E
triadic
#E9F05E #5EE9F0 #F05EE9
tetradic
#E9F05E #5EF0AE #655EF0 #F05EA0
square
#E9F05E #5EF0AE #655EF0 #F05EA0
split-complementary
#E9F05E #5EA0F0 #AE5EF0
monochromatic
#B9C212 #E1EB26 #E9F05E #F1F596 #F8FACE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.23
#E9F05E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.09
#E9F05E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F05E
17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F05E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F05E | 1.00 | 1.23 | 17.09 | 17.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE64C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8E2D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E8E8E8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f05e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 240, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.166 111.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f492',
500: '#e9f05e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f05e; $custom-light: #f3f492; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f05e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 240,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.877,
"s": 82.955,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92299,
"c": 0.16614,
"h": 111.8
},
"luminance": 0.80452
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F05E
secondary
#3A33BF
accent
#06DF11
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17170D
muted
#85857F