#E9C239#E9C239

#E9C239 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.152 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C239
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 75.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 0.55, 69.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 69.45, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0059 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.152 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6376, 56.2059, 11.8938)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C239 #3960E9

analogous

#E96A39 #E9C239 #B8E939

triadic

#E9C239 #39E9C2 #C239E9

tetradic

#E9C239 #39E96A #3960E9 #E939B8

square

#E9C239 #39E96A #3960E9 #E939B8

split-complementary

#E9C239 #39B8E9 #6A39E9

monochromatic

#977911 #CEA517 #E9C239 #EFD370 #F5E4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E9C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C239

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C239	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.152 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d479',
    500: '#e9c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c239;
$custom-light: #f5d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.705,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82556,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C239

secondary

#2C449B

accent

#5DF631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C239

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

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