#E9C139#E9C139

#E9C139 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C139
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 75.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, 1.07, 69.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 69.22, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0044 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.152 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4158, 55.7623, 11.8198)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C139 #3961E9

analogous

#E96939 #E9C139 #B9E939

triadic

#E9C139 #39E9C1 #C139E9

tetradic

#E9C139 #39E969 #3961E9 #E939B9

square

#E9C139 #39E969 #3961E9 #E939B9

split-complementary

#E9C139 #39B9E9 #6939E9

monochromatic

#977811 #CEA417 #E9C139 #EFD270 #F5E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E9C139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C139

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C139	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d379',
    500: '#e9c139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c139;
$custom-light: #f5d379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82357,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C139

secondary

#2C459B

accent

#5EF631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C139

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

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