#E9C452#E9C452

#E9C452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C452
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, 0.75, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 60.31, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0025 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.137 91)
XYZ	xyz(54.8699, 57.4158, 16.1733)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C452 #5277E9

analogous

#E97952 #E9C452 #C3E952

triadic

#E9C452 #52E9C4 #C452E9

tetradic

#E9C452 #52E979 #5277E9 #E952C3

square

#E9C452 #52E979 #5277E9 #E952C3

split-complementary

#E9C452 #52C3E9 #7952E9

monochromatic

#AB8616 #E1B11D #E9C452 #F0D788 #F7E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E9C452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C452

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C452	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d587',
    500: '#e9c452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c452;
$custom-light: #f4d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83151,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.57413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C452

secondary

#3351AC

accent

#3EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C452

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

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