#E9F972#E9F972

#E9F972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.160 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F972
RGB	rgb(233, 249, 114)
HSL	hsl(67, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.44, -23.37, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.44, 66.20, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(94.39% -0.0678 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(94.39% 0.16 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.5185, 86.2909, 28.8573)
Luminance	0.8629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F972 #8272F9

analogous

#F9C572 #E9F972 #A5F972

triadic

#E9F972 #72E9F9 #F972E9

tetradic

#E9F972 #72F9C5 #8272F9 #F972A5

square

#E9F972 #72F9C5 #8272F9 #F972A5

split-complementary

#E9F972 #72A5F9 #C572F9

monochromatic

#CDE70A #E0F737 #E9F972 #F2FBAD #FAFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#E9F972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.26

#E9F972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F972

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F972	1.00	1.15	18.26	18.26
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ECDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 249, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.160 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2fb9e',
    500: '#e9f972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f972;
$custom-light: #f2fb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94394,
    "c": 0.15965,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F972

secondary

#4D3BD4

accent

#00E61B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F972

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

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