#E9C453#E9C453

#E9C453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.136 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C453
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, 0.81, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 59.89, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0022 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.136 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9083, 57.4311, 16.3751)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C453 #5378E9

analogous

#E97953 #E9C453 #C3E953

triadic

#E9C453 #53E9C4 #C453E9

tetradic

#E9C453 #53E979 #5378E9 #E953C3

square

#E9C453 #53E979 #5378E9 #E953C3

split-complementary

#E9C453 #53C3E9 #7953E9

monochromatic

#AC8716 #E2B11D #E9C453 #F0D789 #F7E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E9C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C453

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C453	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.136 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d588',
    500: '#e9c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c453;
$custom-light: #f4d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83161,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C453

secondary

#3351AD

accent

#3FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C453

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

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