#E9C246#E9C246

#E9C246 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C246
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, 1.14, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 64.68, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0028 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.144 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0045, 56.3526, 13.8258)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C246 #466DE9

analogous

#E97146 #E9C246 #BFE946

triadic

#E9C246 #46E9C2 #C246E9

tetradic

#E9C246 #46E971 #466DE9 #E946BF

square

#E9C246 #46E971 #466DE9 #E946BF

split-complementary

#E9C246 #46BFE9 #7146E9

monochromatic

#A17F13 #D8AB1A #E9C246 #F0D47D #F6E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E9C246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C246

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C246	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d480',
    500: '#e9c246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c246;
$custom-light: #f4d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82649,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C246

secondary

#2F4BA4

accent

#61F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C246

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

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