#E9F56D#E9F56D
#E9F56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.159 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F56D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 245, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 87%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 56%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 55.5%, 3.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.33, -21.86, 62.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.33, 66.56, 109.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.5% -0.064 0.146) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.5% 0.159 113.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.0185, 83.7338, 26.9915) |
| Luminance | 0.8373 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.44
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.49
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.66
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.69
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 3.72
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F56D #796DF5
analogous
#F5BD6D #E9F56D #A5F56D
triadic
#E9F56D #6DE9F5 #F56DE9
tetradic
#E9F56D #6DF5BD #796DF5 #F56DA5
square
#E9F56D #6DF5BD #796DF5 #F56DA5
split-complementary
#E9F56D #6DA5F5 #BD6DF5
monochromatic
#C7D90F #E0F134 #E9F56D #F2F9A6 #FAFDE0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.18
#E9F56D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.75
#E9F56D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F56D
17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F56D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F56D | 1.00 | 1.18 | 17.75 | 17.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEA5F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFED75
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6E8D7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ECECEC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f56d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 245, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.159 113.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2f89b',
500: '#e9f56d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f56d; $custom-light: #f2f89b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f56d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 245,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.294,
"s": 87.179,
"l": 69.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93498,
"c": 0.15942,
"h": 113.7
},
"luminance": 0.83733
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F56D
secondary
#4537CF
accent
#02E416
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F