#E9C13B#E9C13B

#E9C13B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.151 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C13B
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, 1.15, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 68.52, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.004 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.151 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4667, 55.7826, 12.0878)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C13B #3B63E9

analogous

#E96A3B #E9C13B #BAE93B

triadic

#E9C13B #3BE9C1 #C13BE9

tetradic

#E9C13B #3BE96A #3B63E9 #E93BBA

square

#E9C13B #3BE96A #3B63E9 #E93BBA

split-complementary

#E9C13B #3BBAE9 #6A3BE9

monochromatic

#987911 #D0A517 #E9C13B #EFD272 #F5E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E9C13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C13B

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C13B	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.151 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d37a',
    500: '#e9c13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c13b;
$custom-light: #f5d37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.207,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8237,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C13B

secondary

#2C469C

accent

#5FF632

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C13B

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

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