#E9F55C#E9F55C
#E9F55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.173 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F55C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 245, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 88%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 62%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 3.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.19, -23.04, 69.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.19, 73.50, 108.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.34% -0.0691 0.1586) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.34% 0.173 113.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.1902, 83.4025, 22.6293) |
| Luminance | 0.8340 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.27
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.47
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.69
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 3.71
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 3.85
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F55C #685CF5
analogous
#F5B45C #E9F55C #9CF55C
triadic
#E9F55C #5CE9F5 #F55CE9
tetradic
#E9F55C #5CF5B4 #685CF5 #F55C9C
square
#E9F55C #5CF5B4 #685CF5 #F55C9C
split-complementary
#E9F55C #5C9CF5 #B45CF5
monochromatic
#BBCA0C #E1F122 #E9F55C #F1F996 #F9FCCF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.19
#E9F55C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.68
#E9F55C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F55C
17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F55C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F55C | 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)
#FFEA48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFED66
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7E7D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EBEBEB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f55c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 245, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.173 113.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f891',
500: '#e9f55c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f55c; $custom-light: #f3f891; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f55c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 245,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.706,
"s": 88.439,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93336,
"c": 0.17298,
"h": 113.5
},
"luminance": 0.83401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F55C
secondary
#3B2FC6
accent
#00E512
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17170D
muted
#85857F