#E9F96C#E9F96C
#E9F96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.165 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F96C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 249, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 57%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 56.6%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.38, -23.84, 64.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.38, 68.74, 110.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.33% -0.0697 0.1493) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.33% 0.165 115) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.1881, 86.1587, 27.1173) |
| Luminance | 0.8616 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.77
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.90
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.95
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 4.02
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 4.03
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F96C #7C6CF9
analogous
#F9C36C #E9F96C #A2F96C
triadic
#E9F96C #6CE9F9 #F96CE9
tetradic
#E9F96C #6CF9C3 #7C6CF9 #F96CA2
square
#E9F96C #6CF9C3 #7C6CF9 #F96CA2
split-complementary
#E9F96C #6CA2F9 #C36CF9
monochromatic
#C9E109 #E0F731 #E9F96C #F2FBA7 #FBFEE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.15
#E9F96C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.23
#E9F96C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F96C
18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F96C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F96C | 1.00 | 1.15 | 18.23 | 18.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEE5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF075
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ECDA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EFEFEF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f96c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 249, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.165 115.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3fb9b',
500: '#e9f96c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f96c; $custom-light: #f3fb9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f96c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 249,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.809,
"s": 92.157,
"l": 70
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94331,
"c": 0.1648,
"h": 115
},
"luminance": 0.86158
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F96C
secondary
#4836D4
accent
#00E61A
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F