#E9F461#E9F461
#E9F461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.168 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F461 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 244, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 87%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 60%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 60.2%, 4.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.97, -22.24, 67.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.97, 71.10, 108.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.17% -0.0663 0.1545) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.17% 0.168 113.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.1143, 82.8894, 23.7180) |
| Luminance | 0.8289 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.43
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.61
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.71
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.78
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.81
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F461 #6C61F4
analogous
#F4B661 #E9F461 #A0F461
triadic
#E9F461 #61E9F4 #F461E9
tetradic
#E9F461 #61F4B6 #6C61F4 #F461A0
square
#E9F461 #61F4B6 #6C61F4 #F461A0
split-complementary
#E9F461 #61A0F4 #B661F4
monochromatic
#BECC0E #E1F028 #E9F461 #F1F89A #F9FCD3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.19
#E9F461 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.58
#E9F461 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F461
17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F461 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F461 | 1.00 | 1.19 | 17.58 | 17.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE94F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEC6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E7D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EBEBEB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f461; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 244, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.168 113.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f794',
500: '#e9f461',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f461; $custom-light: #f3f794; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f461",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 244,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.49,
"s": 86.982,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93169,
"c": 0.16812,
"h": 113.2
},
"luminance": 0.82888
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F461
secondary
#3C31C8
accent
#02E413
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F