#E9C149#E9C149

#E9C149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C149
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, 1.81, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 63.25, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0005 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8797, 55.9478, 14.2631)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C149 #4971E9

analogous

#E97149 #E9C149 #C1E949

triadic

#E9C149 #49E9C1 #C149E9

tetradic

#E9C149 #49E971 #4971E9 #E949C1

square

#E9C149 #49E971 #4971E9 #E949C1

split-complementary

#E9C149 #49C1E9 #7149E9

monochromatic

#A48014 #DAAA1A #E9C149 #F0D480 #F6E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E9C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C149

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C149	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d382',
    500: '#e9c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c149;
$custom-light: #f4d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82474,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C149

secondary

#304EA6

accent

#63F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C149

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

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