#E9F659#E9F659
#E9F659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.176 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F659 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 246, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 90%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 64%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 63.8%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.43, -23.70, 71.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.43, 75.06, 108.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.52% -0.0712 0.1612) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.52% 0.176 113.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.3650, 83.9577, 22.0534) |
| Luminance | 0.8396 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.23
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.37
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 3.51
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 3.70
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.80
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F659 #6659F6
analogous
#F6B459 #E9F659 #9AF659
triadic
#E9F659 #59E9F6 #F659E9
tetradic
#E9F659 #59F6B4 #6659F6 #F6599A
square
#E9F659 #59F6B4 #6659F6 #F6599A
split-complementary
#E9F659 #599AF6 #B459F6
monochromatic
#BACA0B #E1F31F #E9F659 #F1F993 #F8FCCD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.18
#E9F659 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.79
#E9F659 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F659
17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F659 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F659 | 1.00 | 1.18 | 17.79 | 17.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEB44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEE64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8E8D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ECECEC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f659; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 246, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.176 113.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f98f',
500: '#e9f659',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f659; $custom-light: #f3f98f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f659",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 246,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.968,
"s": 89.714,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93522,
"c": 0.17622,
"h": 113.8
},
"luminance": 0.83956
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F659
secondary
#3A2DC6
accent
#00E613
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF4
border
#D7D7CE
text
#17170D
muted
#85857F