#E9F16C#E9F16C
#E9F16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.156 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F16C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 241, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 83%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 55%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 55.2%, 5.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.27, -20.01, 62.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.27, 65.25, 107.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.65% -0.0589 0.1443) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.65% 0.156 112.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.7679, 81.3183, 26.3106) |
| Luminance | 0.8132 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.31
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.56
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.61
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.63
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.64
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F16C #746CF1
analogous
#F1B66C #E9F16C #A6F16C
triadic
#E9F16C #6CE9F1 #F16CE9
tetradic
#E9F16C #6CF1B6 #746CF1 #F16CA6
square
#E9F16C #6CF1B6 #746CF1 #F16CA6
split-complementary
#E9F16C #6CA6F1 #B66CF1
monochromatic
#C4CF14 #E1EC34 #E9F16C #F1F6A4 #FAFCDC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.22
#E9F16C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.26
#E9F16C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F16C
17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F16C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F16C | 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)
#FFE75E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEB74
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E4D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E9E9E9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f16c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 241, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.156 112.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2f59a',
500: '#e9f16c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f16c; $custom-light: #f2f59a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f16c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 241,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.609,
"s": 82.609,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92646,
"c": 0.15583,
"h": 112.2
},
"luminance": 0.81317
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F16C
secondary
#4038CA
accent
#06DF14
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F