#E9C13D#E9C13D

#E9C13D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.149 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C13D
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 73.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, 1.24, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 67.81, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0035 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.149 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5196, 55.8038, 12.3662)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C13D #3D65E9

analogous

#E96B3D #E9C13D #BBE93D

triadic

#E9C13D #3DE9C1 #C13DE9

tetradic

#E9C13D #3DE96B #3D65E9 #E93DBB

square

#E9C13D #3DE96B #3D65E9 #E93DBB

split-complementary

#E9C13D #3DBBE9 #6B3DE9

monochromatic

#9A7A11 #D1A618 #E9C13D #EFD374 #F5E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E9C13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C13D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C13D	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)

#D6BE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.149 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d37b',
    500: '#e9c13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c13d;
$custom-light: #f5d37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82383,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C13D

secondary

#2D479D

accent

#5FF632

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C13D

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

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