#E9F361#E9F361
#E9F361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.167 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F361 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 243, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 86%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 60%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 60.1%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.70, -21.76, 67.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.70, 70.68, 107.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.96% -0.065 0.1539) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.96% 0.167 112.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.8142, 82.2892, 23.6180) |
| Luminance | 0.8229 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.47
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.59
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.67
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.72
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.77
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F361 #6B61F3
analogous
#F3B461 #E9F361 #A0F361
triadic
#E9F361 #61E9F3 #F361E9
tetradic
#E9F361 #61F3B4 #6B61F3 #F361A0
square
#E9F361 #61F3B4 #6B61F3 #F361A0
split-complementary
#E9F361 #61A0F3 #B461F3
monochromatic
#BDCA0F #E1EF28 #E9F361 #F1F79A #F9FCD3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.20
#E9F361 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.46
#E9F361 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F361
17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F361 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F361 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 17.46 | 17.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE850
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEC6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E6D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EAEAEA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f361; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 243, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.167 112.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f694',
500: '#e9f361',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f361; $custom-light: #f3f694; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f361",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 243,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.11,
"s": 85.882,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92958,
"c": 0.16704,
"h": 112.9
},
"luminance": 0.82288
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F361
secondary
#3C31C7
accent
#03E212
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F