#E9C44A#E9C44A

#E9C44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.143 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C44A
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, 0.31, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 63.61, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0047 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.143 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5831, 57.3010, 14.6625)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C44A #4A6FE9

analogous

#E9754A #E9C44A #BEE94A

triadic

#E9C44A #4AE9C4 #C44AE9

tetradic

#E9C44A #4AE975 #4A6FE9 #E94ABE

square

#E9C44A #4AE975 #4A6FE9 #E94ABE

split-complementary

#E9C44A #4ABEE9 #754AE9

monochromatic

#A58314 #DBAE1B #E9C44A #F0D681 #F6E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#E9C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C44A

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C44A	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.143 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d583',
    500: '#e9c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c44a;
$custom-light: #f4d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C44A

secondary

#314CA7

accent

#3BDB0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C44A

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