#E9F96E#E9F96E
#E9F96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.163 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9F96E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 249, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 56%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 55.8%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.40, -23.69, 63.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.40, 67.90, 110.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.35% -0.0691 0.1478) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.35% 0.163 115.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.2958, 86.2018, 27.6843) |
| Luminance | 0.8620 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 3.73
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.84
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 3.92
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 3.99
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 4.02
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 4.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9F96E #7E6EF9
analogous
#F9C36E #E9F96E #A4F96E
triadic
#E9F96E #6EE9F9 #F96EE9
tetradic
#E9F96E #6EF9C3 #7E6EF9 #F96EA4
square
#E9F96E #6EF9C3 #7E6EF9 #F96EA4
split-complementary
#E9F96E #6EA4F9 #C36EF9
monochromatic
#CAE309 #E0F733 #E9F96E #F2FBA9 #FBFEE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.15
#E9F96E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.24
#E9F96E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9F96E
18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9F96E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9F96E | 1.00 | 1.15 | 18.24 | 18.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEE5F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF076
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ECDB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EFEFEF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9f96e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 249, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.163 115.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3fb9c',
500: '#e9f96e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9f96e; $custom-light: #f3fb9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9f96e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 249,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.906,
"s": 92.053,
"l": 70.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94352,
"c": 0.16312,
"h": 115.1
},
"luminance": 0.86201
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9F96E
secondary
#4937D4
accent
#00E61A
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#17170E
muted
#85857F