#E9F156#E9F156
#E9F156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.173 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F156 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 241, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 85%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 64%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 64.3%, 5.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.09, -21.49, 70.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.09, 74.17, 106.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.44% -0.0653 0.1603) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.44% 0.173 112.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.7412, 80.9076, 20.9032) |
| Luminance | 0.8091 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.70
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.37
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 3.60
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 3.76
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.77
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F156 #5E56F1
analogous
#F1AC56 #E9F156 #9CF156
triadic
#E9F156 #56E9F1 #F156E9
tetradic
#E9F156 #56F1AC #5E56F1 #F1569C
square
#E9F156 #56F1AC #5E56F1 #F1569C
split-complementary
#E9F156 #569CF1 #AC56F1
monochromatic
#B4BD10 #E2EC1D #E9F156 #F0F68F #F8FAC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.22
#E9F156 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.18
#E9F156 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F156
17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F156 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F156 | 1.00 | 1.22 | 17.18 | 17.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE641
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8E3D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E8E8E8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f156; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 241, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.173 112.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f58d',
500: '#e9f156',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f156; $custom-light: #f3f58d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f156",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 241,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.097,
"s": 84.699,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92441,
"c": 0.17306,
"h": 112.2
},
"luminance": 0.80906
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F156
secondary
#3730BB
accent
#04E110
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17170D
muted
#85857F