#E9C445#E9C445

#E9C445 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.146 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C445
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, 0.05, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 65.57, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.006 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.146 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4213, 57.2363, 13.8103)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C445 #456AE9

analogous

#E97245 #E9C445 #BCE945

triadic

#E9C445 #45E9C4 #C445E9

tetradic

#E9C445 #45E972 #456AE9 #E945BC

square

#E9C445 #45E972 #456AE9 #E945BC

split-complementary

#E9C445 #45BCE9 #7245E9

monochromatic

#A18113 #D7AC19 #E9C445 #EFD57C #F6E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E9C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C445

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C445	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.146 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d580',
    500: '#e9c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c445;
$custom-light: #f4d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.463,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8304,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C445

secondary

#2F49A3

accent

#5EF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C445

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

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