#E9F36D#E9F36D
#E9F36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.157 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F36D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 243, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 85%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 55%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 55.1%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.81, -20.90, 62.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.81, 65.69, 108.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.08% -0.0613 0.1447) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.08% 0.157 113) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.4167, 82.5302, 26.7909) |
| Luminance | 0.8253 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.32
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.48
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.62
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.63
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 3.68
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F36D #776DF3
analogous
#F3BA6D #E9F36D #A6F36D
triadic
#E9F36D #6DE9F3 #F36DE9
tetradic
#E9F36D #6DF3BA #776DF3 #F36DA6
square
#E9F36D #6DF3BA #776DF3 #F36DA6
split-complementary
#E9F36D #6DA6F3 #BA6DF3
monochromatic
#C6D411 #E0EE34 #E9F36D #F2F8A6 #FAFCDE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.20
#E9F36D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.51
#E9F36D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F36D
17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F36D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F36D | 1.00 | 1.20 | 17.51 | 17.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE95F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEC75
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E6D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EAEAEA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f36d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 243, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.157 113.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2f69b',
500: '#e9f36d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f36d; $custom-light: #f2f69b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f36d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 243,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.478,
"s": 84.81,
"l": 69.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93077,
"c": 0.15718,
"h": 113
},
"luminance": 0.82529
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F36D
secondary
#4338CC
accent
#04E115
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F