#E9F962#E9F962

#E9F962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.173 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F962
RGB	rgb(233, 249, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.29, -24.55, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.29, 72.82, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.24% -0.0727 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(94.24% 0.173 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.6861, 85.9580, 24.4734)
Luminance	0.8596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F962 #7262F9

analogous

#F9BE62 #E9F962 #9DF962

triadic

#E9F962 #62E9F9 #F962E9

tetradic

#E9F962 #62F9BE #7262F9 #F9629D

square

#E9F962 #62F9BE #7262F9 #F9629D

split-complementary

#E9F962 #629DF9 #BE62F9

monochromatic

#C2D808 #E1F727 #E9F962 #F1FB9D #FAFED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#E9F962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.19

#E9F962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F962

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F962	1.00	1.15	18.19	18.19
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ECD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 249, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.173 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3fb95',
    500: '#e9f962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f962;
$custom-light: #f3fb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.358,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94235,
    "c": 0.17283,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F962

secondary

#3E2DD2

accent

#00E618

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F962

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

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