#e9f97a

Color #e9f97a

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 19.68 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e9f97a

RGB

rgb(233, 249, 122)

HSL

hsl(67.6, 91.4%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.6, 51%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 51%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(94.52, -22.71, 58.47)

LCH

lch(94.52, 62.73, 111.23)

OKLCH

oklch(94.5%, 0.1524, 115.32)

HWB

hwb(67.6, 47.8%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a7af9

Analogous

#f9ca7a

#e9f97a

#a9f97a

Triadic

#e9f97a

#7ae9f9

#f97ae9

Split-complementary

#e9f97a

#7aa9f9

#ca7af9

Tetradic

#e9f97a

#7af98a

#8a7af9

#f97ae9

Square

#e9f97a

#7af9ca

#8a7af9

#f97aa9

Shades

Color #e9f97a mixed toward black.

#dff63f

#d0ed0b

#9cb108

#687605

#343b03

Tints

Color #e9f97a mixed toward white.

#edfa90

#f0fba6

#f4fcbc

#f8fdd3

#fbfee9

Tones

Color #e9f97a mixed toward gray.

#e1ee84

#d9e48f

#d1d99a

#c9cfa4

#c1c4af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f0f0a5 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#efeead · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#eabfc4 · ΔE 40.8

Achromatopsia

#efefef · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9f97a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9f97a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e9f97a (#e9f97a) is rgb(233, 249, 122) in RGB.

No, #e9f97a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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