#E9F36A#E9F36A
#E9F36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.160 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F36A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 243, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 85%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 56%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 56.4%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.78, -21.13, 63.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.78, 66.96, 108.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.05% -0.0623 0.1471) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.05% 0.16 112.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.2579, 82.4667, 25.9548) |
| Luminance | 0.8246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.42
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.53
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.63
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.66
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.66
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F36A #746AF3
analogous
#F3B96A #E9F36A #A4F36A
triadic
#E9F36A #6AE9F3 #F36AE9
tetradic
#E9F36A #6AF3B9 #746AF3 #F36AA4
square
#E9F36A #6AF3B9 #746AF3 #F36AA4
split-complementary
#E9F36A #6AA4F3 #B96AF3
monochromatic
#C4D211 #E1EE31 #E9F36A #F1F8A3 #FAFCDB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.20
#E9F36A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.49
#E9F36A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F36A
17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F36A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F36A | 1.00 | 1.20 | 17.49 | 17.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE95B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEC72
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E6D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EAEAEA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f36a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 243, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.160 112.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f699',
500: '#e9f36a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f36a; $custom-light: #f3f699; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f36a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 243,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.38,
"s": 85.093,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93045,
"c": 0.15974,
"h": 112.9
},
"luminance": 0.82465
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F36A
secondary
#4035CC
accent
#04E214
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F