#E9C24D#E9C24D

#E9C24D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.140 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C24D
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, 1.50, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 61.88, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0009 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.14 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2385, 56.4462, 15.0581)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C24D #4D74E9

analogous

#E9744D #E9C24D #C2E94D

triadic

#E9C24D #4DE9C2 #C24DE9

tetradic

#E9C24D #4DE974 #4D74E9 #E94DC2

square

#E9C24D #4DE974 #4D74E9 #E94DC2

split-complementary

#E9C24D #4DC2E9 #744DE9

monochromatic

#A78215 #DDAD1B #E9C24D #F0D583 #F6E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E9C24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C24D

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C24D	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.140 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d484',
    500: '#e9c24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c24d;
$custom-light: #f4d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82707,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C24D

secondary

#324FA9

accent

#3FDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C24D

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

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