#E9C24B#E9C24B

#E9C24B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.141 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9C24B
RGBrgb(233, 194, 75)
HSLhsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(45, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.85, 1.39, 62.68)
CIE-LCHlch(79.85, 62.69, 88.73°)
OKLaboklab(82.69% -0.0015 0.141)
OKLCHoklch(82.69% 0.141 90.6)
XYZxyz(54.1689, 56.4184, 14.6919)
Luminance0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9C24B #4B72E9
analogous
#E9734B #E9C24B #C1E94B
triadic
#E9C24B #4BE9C2 #C24BE9
tetradic
#E9C24B #4BE973 #4B72E9 #E94BC1
square
#E9C24B #4BE973 #4B72E9 #E94BC1
split-complementary
#E9C24B #4BC1E9 #734BE9
monochromatic
#A58214 #DCAC1B #E9C24B #F0D482 #F6E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#E9C24B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28
#E9C24B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C24B
12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9C24B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9C24B1.001.7112.2812.28
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2821.001.001.00
##00000012.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C03C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCB3A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9c24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.141 90.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d483',
    500: '#e9c24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9c24b;
$custom-light: #f4d483;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9c24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8269,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9C24B
secondary
#314EA7
accent
#3EDA0B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E

Preview Lab

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#E9C24B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva