#E9C545#E9C545

#E9C545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.147 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C545
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -0.47, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 65.82, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0075 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.147 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6476, 57.6889, 13.8858)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C545 #4569E9

analogous

#E97345 #E9C545 #BBE945

triadic

#E9C545 #45E9C5 #C545E9

tetradic

#E9C545 #45E973 #4569E9 #E945BB

square

#E9C545 #45E973 #4569E9 #E945BB

split-complementary

#E9C545 #45BBE9 #7345E9

monochromatic

#A18213 #D7AE19 #E9C545 #EFD67C #F6E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E9C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C545

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C545	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.147 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d680',
    500: '#e9c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c545;
$custom-light: #f4d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8324,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C545

secondary

#2F49A3

accent

#5DF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C545

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

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