#E9F790#E9F790
#E9F790 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.128 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F790 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 247, 144) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 87%, 77%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 42%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 41.7%, 3.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.25, -19.64, 47.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.25, 51.73, 112.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.36% -0.0546 0.1159) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.36% 0.128 115.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(71.8997, 85.8596, 39.1650) |
| Luminance | 0.8586 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Khaki
#E6F2A2
ΔE00 3.69
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.82
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 5.01
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 5.24
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 5.25
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 5.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F790 #9E90F7
analogous
#F7D290 #E9F790 #B6F790
triadic
#E9F790 #90E9F7 #F790E9
tetradic
#E9F790 #90F7D2 #9E90F7 #F790B6
square
#E9F790 #90F7D2 #9E90F7 #F790B6
split-complementary
#E9F790 #90B6F7 #D290F7
monochromatic
#D2EF1E #DEF357 #E9F790 #F4FBC9 #F9FDE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.16
#E9F790 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.17
#E9F790 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F790
18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F790 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F790 | 1.00 | 1.16 | 18.17 | 18.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEE88
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEF95
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4EDDE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EEEEEE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f790; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 247, 144); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.128 115.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1f9b2',
500: '#e9f790',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f790; $custom-light: #f1f9b2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f790",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 247,
"b": 144
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.155,
"s": 86.555,
"l": 76.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94358,
"c": 0.12813,
"h": 115.2
},
"luminance": 0.85859
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F790
secondary
#6756D5
accent
#02E321
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FEFFF8
border
#D6D7D1
text
#171711
muted
#858581