#E9F479#E9F479
#E9F479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.147 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F479 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 244, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 85%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 50%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 50.4%, 4.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.19, -20.40, 57.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.19, 60.88, 109.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.42% -0.0588 0.1353) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.42% 0.148 113.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.4074, 83.4066, 30.5282) |
| Luminance | 0.8340 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.25
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.57
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 3.66
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 3.71
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.78
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F479 #8479F4
analogous
#F4C279 #E9F479 #ACF479
triadic
#E9F479 #79E9F4 #F479E9
tetradic
#E9F479 #79F4C2 #8479F4 #F479AC
square
#E9F479 #79F4C2 #8479F4 #F479AC
split-complementary
#E9F479 #79ACF4 #C279F4
monochromatic
#CEE012 #E0EF40 #E9F479 #F2F9B2 #FAFDE3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.19
#E9F479 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.68
#E9F479 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F479
17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F479 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F479 | 1.00 | 1.19 | 17.68 | 17.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEA6E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFED80
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6E8D8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EBEBEB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f479; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 244, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.147 113.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2f7a3',
500: '#e9f479',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f479; $custom-light: #f2f7a3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f479",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 244,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.366,
"s": 84.828,
"l": 71.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93422,
"c": 0.1475,
"h": 113.5
},
"luminance": 0.83405
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F479
secondary
#4F42CF
accent
#04E118
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF6
border
#D6D6D0
text
#17170F
muted
#858580