#E9F556#E9F556

#E9F556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.177 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F556
RGB	rgb(233, 245, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.15, -23.40, 72.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.15, 75.78, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(93.29% -0.0707 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(93.29% 0.177 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9382, 83.3017, 21.3023)
Luminance	0.8330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F556 #6256F5

analogous

#F5B156 #E9F556 #9AF556

triadic

#E9F556 #56E9F5 #F556E9

tetradic

#E9F556 #56F5B1 #6256F5 #F5569A

square

#E9F556 #56F5B1 #6256F5 #F5569A

split-complementary

#E9F556 #569AF5 #B156F5

monochromatic

#B7C50C #E1F21C #E9F556 #F1F890 #F8FCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#E9F556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.66

#E9F556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F556

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F556	1.00	1.19	17.66	17.66
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 245, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.177 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f88d',
    500: '#e9f556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f556;
$custom-light: #f3f88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93286,
    "c": 0.17726,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F556

secondary

#382DC2

accent

#00E511

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F556

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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