#E9BF3B#E9BF3B

#E9BF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.149 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BF3B
RGB	rgb(233, 191, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, 2.19, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 68.07, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.001 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.149 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0276, 54.9043, 11.9414)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BF3B #3B65E9

analogous

#E9683B #E9BF3B #BCE93B

triadic

#E9BF3B #3BE9BF #BF3BE9

tetradic

#E9BF3B #3BE968 #3B65E9 #E93BBC

square

#E9BF3B #3BE968 #3B65E9 #E93BBC

split-complementary

#E9BF3B #3BBCE9 #683BE9

monochromatic

#987811 #D0A317 #E9BF3B #EFD172 #F5E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#E9BF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BF3B

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BF3B	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 191, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.149 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d17a',
    500: '#e9bf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bf3b;
$custom-light: #f5d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81973,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BF3B

secondary

#2C479C

accent

#61F632

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BF3B

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

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