#E9F591#E9F591

#E9F591 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.125 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F591
RGB	rgb(233, 245, 145)
HSL	hsl(67, 83%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(67, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 40.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.74, -18.57, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.74, 50.29, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(93.96% -0.0515 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(93.96% 0.125 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.3682, 84.6737, 39.3666)
Luminance	0.8467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F591 #9D91F5

analogous

#F5CF91 #E9F591 #B7F591

triadic

#E9F591 #91E9F5 #F591E9

tetradic

#E9F591 #91F5CF #9D91F5 #F591B7

square

#E9F591 #91F5CF #9D91F5 #F591B7

split-complementary

#E9F591 #91B7F5 #CF91F5

monochromatic

#D3EB21 #DEF059 #E9F591 #F4FAC9 #F9FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#E9F591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.93

#E9F591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F591

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F591	1.00	1.17	17.93	17.93
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4EBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 245, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.125 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f8b3',
    500: '#e9f591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f591;
$custom-light: #f1f8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93955,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F591

secondary

#6657D3

accent

#06E020

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F591

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

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