#E9C351#E9C351

#E9C351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C351
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 1.21, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 60.47, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0013 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.137 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6074, 56.9511, 15.8994)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C351 #5177E9

analogous

#E97751 #E9C351 #C3E951

triadic

#E9C351 #51E9C3 #C351E9

tetradic

#E9C351 #51E977 #5177E9 #E951C3

square

#E9C351 #51E977 #5177E9 #E951C3

split-complementary

#E9C351 #51C3E9 #7751E9

monochromatic

#AA8516 #E0AF1C #E9C351 #F0D687 #F7E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E9C351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C351

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C351	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d487',
    500: '#e9c351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c351;
$custom-light: #f4d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82943,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C351

secondary

#3351AB

accent

#3FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C351

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

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