#E9C54B#E9C54B

#E9C54B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.143 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C54B
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -0.16, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 63.47, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0059 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.143 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8433, 57.7672, 14.9167)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C54B #4B6FE9

analogous

#E9764B #E9C54B #BEE94B

triadic

#E9C54B #4BE9C5 #C54BE9

tetradic

#E9C54B #4BE976 #4B6FE9 #E94BBE

square

#E9C54B #4BE976 #4B6FE9 #E94BBE

split-complementary

#E9C54B #4BBEE9 #764BE9

monochromatic

#A58414 #DCB01B #E9C54B #F0D782 #F6E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E9C54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C54B

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C54B	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.143 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d683',
    500: '#e9c54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c54b;
$custom-light: #f4d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83288,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C54B

secondary

#314CA7

accent

#3ADA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C54B

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

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