#E9C146#E9C146

#E9C146 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.144 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C146
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, 1.65, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 64.44, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0013 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.144 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7827, 55.9090, 13.7519)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C146 #466EE9

analogous

#E97046 #E9C146 #C0E946

triadic

#E9C146 #46E9C1 #C146E9

tetradic

#E9C146 #46E970 #466EE9 #E946C0

square

#E9C146 #46E970 #466EE9 #E946C0

split-complementary

#E9C146 #46C0E9 #7046E9

monochromatic

#A17F13 #D8A91A #E9C146 #F0D37D #F6E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E9C146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C146

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C146	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.144 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d380',
    500: '#e9c146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c146;
$custom-light: #f4d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8245,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C146

secondary

#2F4CA4

accent

#62F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C146

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →