#E9F86C#E9F86C
#E9F86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.164 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F86C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 248, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 91%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 56%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 56.5%, 2.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.12, -23.36, 64.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.12, 68.30, 110.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.12% -0.0684 0.1487) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.12% 0.164 114.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.8799, 85.5422, 27.0145) |
| Luminance | 0.8554 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.68
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.77
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.85
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.92
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 3.94
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F86C #7B6CF8
analogous
#F8C16C #E9F86C #A3F86C
triadic
#E9F86C #6CE9F8 #F86CE9
tetradic
#E9F86C #6CF8C1 #7B6CF8 #F86CA3
square
#E9F86C #6CF8C1 #7B6CF8 #F86CA3
split-complementary
#E9F86C #6CA3F8 #C16CF8
monochromatic
#C8DF0B #E0F532 #E9F86C #F2FBA6 #FAFEE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.16
#E9F86C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.11
#E9F86C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F86C
18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F86C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F86C | 1.00 | 1.16 | 18.11 | 18.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFED5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEF74
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6EBDA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EEEEEE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f86c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 248, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.164 114.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3fa9b',
500: '#e9f86c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f86c; $custom-light: #f3fa9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f86c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 248,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.429,
"s": 90.909,
"l": 69.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9412,
"c": 0.16367,
"h": 114.7
},
"luminance": 0.85541
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F86C
secondary
#4736D2
accent
#00E619
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F