#E9F866#E9F866
#E9F866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.169 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F866 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 248, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 91%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 59%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 58.9%, 2.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.06, -23.80, 66.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.06, 70.78, 109.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.06% -0.0702 0.1533) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.06% 0.169 114.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.5715, 85.4189, 25.3903) |
| Luminance | 0.8542 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.68
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.84
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.87
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.97
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.98
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F866 #7566F8
analogous
#F8BE66 #E9F866 #A0F866
triadic
#E9F866 #66E9F8 #F866E9
tetradic
#E9F866 #66F8BE #7566F8 #F866A0
square
#E9F866 #66F8BE #7566F8 #F866A0
split-complementary
#E9F866 #66A0F8 #BE66F8
monochromatic
#C4DA0A #E1F52B #E9F866 #F1FBA1 #FAFDDB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.16
#E9F866 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.08
#E9F866 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F866
18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F866 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F866 | 1.00 | 1.16 | 18.08 | 18.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFED55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEF6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7EBD9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EEEEEE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f866; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 248, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.169 114.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3fa97',
500: '#e9f866',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f866; $custom-light: #f3fa97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f866",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 248,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.164,
"s": 91.25,
"l": 68.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9406,
"c": 0.16859,
"h": 114.6
},
"luminance": 0.85418
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F866
secondary
#4131D2
accent
#00E618
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F