#E9C34D#E9C34D

#E9C34D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C34D
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, 0.99, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 62.13, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0024 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.14 91)
XYZ	xyz(54.4618, 56.8928, 15.1326)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C34D #4D73E9

analogous

#E9754D #E9C34D #C1E94D

triadic

#E9C34D #4DE9C3 #C34DE9

tetradic

#E9C34D #4DE975 #4D73E9 #E94DC1

square

#E9C34D #4DE975 #4D73E9 #E94DC1

split-complementary

#E9C34D #4DC1E9 #754DE9

monochromatic

#A78315 #DDAE1B #E9C34D #F0D583 #F6E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E9C34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C34D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C34D	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d484',
    500: '#e9c34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c34d;
$custom-light: #f4d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82906,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.5689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C34D

secondary

#324FA9

accent

#3EDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C34D

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

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