#E9C44E#E9C44E

#E9C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C44E
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 0.52, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 61.98, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0036 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.14 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7221, 57.3567, 15.3949)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C44E #4E73E9

analogous

#E9764E #E9C44E #C1E94E

triadic

#E9C44E #4EE9C4 #C44EE9

tetradic

#E9C44E #4EE976 #4E73E9 #E94EC1

square

#E9C44E #4EE976 #4E73E9 #E94EC1

split-complementary

#E9C44E #4EC1E9 #764EE9

monochromatic

#A88515 #DEB01C #E9C44E #F0D684 #F7E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E9C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C44E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C44E	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)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d585',
    500: '#e9c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c44e;
$custom-light: #f4d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83114,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C44E

secondary

#324EA9

accent

#3DDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C44E

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

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