#E9C44D#E9C44D

#E9C44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C44D
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, 0.47, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 62.39, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0039 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.141 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6866, 57.3424, 15.2075)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C44D #4D72E9

analogous

#E9764D #E9C44D #C0E94D

triadic

#E9C44D #4DE9C4 #C44DE9

tetradic

#E9C44D #4DE976 #4D72E9 #E94DC0

square

#E9C44D #4DE976 #4D72E9 #E94DC0

split-complementary

#E9C44D #4DC0E9 #764DE9

monochromatic

#A78415 #DDAF1B #E9C44D #F0D683 #F6E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E9C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C44D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C44D	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.141 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d584',
    500: '#e9c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c44d;
$custom-light: #f4d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.769,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83106,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C44D

secondary

#324EA9

accent

#3CDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C44D

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

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