#E9F16A#E9F16A
#E9F16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.158 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F16A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 241, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 83%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 56%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 56%, 5.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.25, -20.16, 62.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.25, 66.10, 107.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.63% -0.0596 0.1458) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.63% 0.158 112.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.6627, 81.2762, 25.7564) |
| Luminance | 0.8127 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.39
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.59
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.63
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.63
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.63
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F16A #726AF1
analogous
#F1B66A #E9F16A #A5F16A
triadic
#E9F16A #6AE9F1 #F16AE9
tetradic
#E9F16A #6AF1B6 #726AF1 #F16AA5
square
#E9F16A #6AF1B6 #726AF1 #F16AA5
split-complementary
#E9F16A #6AA5F1 #B66AF1
monochromatic
#C2CD13 #E1EC32 #E9F16A #F1F6A2 #FAFCDA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.22
#E9F16A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.26
#E9F16A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F16A
17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F16A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F16A | 1.00 | 1.22 | 17.26 | 17.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE75C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA72
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E4D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E9E9E9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f16a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 241, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.158 112.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f599',
500: '#e9f16a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f16a; $custom-light: #f3f599; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f16a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 241,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.556,
"s": 82.822,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92625,
"c": 0.15753,
"h": 112.2
},
"luminance": 0.81275
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F16A
secondary
#3E36C9
accent
#06DF13
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F