#E9C23D#E9C23D

#E9C23D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.150 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C23D
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, 0.72, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 68.05, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.005 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.15 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7414, 56.2474, 12.4402)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C23D #3D64E9

analogous

#E96C3D #E9C23D #BAE93D

triadic

#E9C23D #3DE9C2 #C23DE9

tetradic

#E9C23D #3DE96C #3D64E9 #E93DBA

square

#E9C23D #3DE96C #3D64E9 #E93DBA

split-complementary

#E9C23D #3DBAE9 #6C3DE9

monochromatic

#9A7B11 #D1A718 #E9C23D #EFD374 #F5E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E9C23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C23D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C23D	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.150 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d47b',
    500: '#e9c23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c23d;
$custom-light: #f4d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.395,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82583,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C23D

secondary

#2D469D

accent

#5EF632

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C23D

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

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