#E9F861#E9F861

#E9F861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.172 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F861
RGB	rgb(233, 248, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 92%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.02, -24.14, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.02, 72.79, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.0717 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.172 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.3309, 85.3227, 24.1236)
Luminance	0.8532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F861 #7061F8

analogous

#F8BB61 #E9F861 #9EF861

triadic

#E9F861 #61E9F8 #F861E9

tetradic

#E9F861 #61F8BB #7061F8 #F8619E

square

#E9F861 #61F8BB #7061F8 #F8619E

split-complementary

#E9F861 #619EF8 #BB61F8

monochromatic

#C1D509 #E1F526 #E9F861 #F1FB9C #F9FDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#E9F861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.06

#E9F861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F861

18.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F861	1.00	1.16	18.06	18.06
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7EBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 248, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.172 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3fa94',
    500: '#e9f861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f861;
$custom-light: #f3fa94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.96,
    "s": 91.515,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94014,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F861

secondary

#3E2DD0

accent

#00E617

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F861

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

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