#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
RGBrgb(233, 195, 77)
HSLhsl(45, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(45, 67%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.12, 0.99, 62.13)
CIE-LCHlch(80.12, 62.13, 89.09°)
OKLaboklab(82.91% -0.0024 0.1402)
OKLCHoklch(82.91% 0.14 91)
XYZxyz(54.4618, 56.8928, 15.1326)
Luminance0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E9C34D1.001.7012.3812.38
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3821.001.001.00
##00000012.3821.001.001.00

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

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#E9C34D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva