#E9F86E#E9F86E
#E9F86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.162 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F86E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 248, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 91%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 56%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 55.6%, 2.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.13, -23.21, 63.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.13, 67.46, 110.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.14% -0.0678 0.1471) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.14% 0.162 114.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.9875, 85.5853, 27.5816) |
| Luminance | 0.8558 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.65
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.71
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.83
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 3.90
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.92
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 3.99
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F86E #7D6EF8
analogous
#F8C26E #E9F86E #A4F86E
triadic
#E9F86E #6EE9F8 #F86EE9
tetradic
#E9F86E #6EF8C2 #7D6EF8 #F86EA4
square
#E9F86E #6EF8C2 #7D6EF8 #F86EA4
split-complementary
#E9F86E #6EA4F8 #C26EF8
monochromatic
#C9E10B #E0F534 #E9F86E #F2FBA8 #FBFEE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.16
#E9F86E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.12
#E9F86E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F86E
18.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F86E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F86E | 1.00 | 1.16 | 18.12 | 18.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFED60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEF76
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6EBDA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EEEEEE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f86e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 248, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.162 114.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2fa9c',
500: '#e9f86e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f86e; $custom-light: #f2fa9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f86e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 248,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.522,
"s": 90.789,
"l": 70.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94141,
"c": 0.16197,
"h": 114.7
},
"luminance": 0.85584
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F86E
secondary
#4838D3
accent
#00E619
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F