#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
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, 1.39, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 62.69, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0015 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.141 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1689, 56.4184, 14.6919)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9C24B	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9C24B

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

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