#E9C54D#E9C54D

#E9C54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C54D
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -0.05, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 62.66, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0054 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.141 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9129, 57.7951, 15.2829)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C54D #4D71E9

analogous

#E9774D #E9C54D #BFE94D

triadic

#E9C54D #4DE9C5 #C54DE9

tetradic

#E9C54D #4DE977 #4D71E9 #E94DBF

square

#E9C54D #4DE977 #4D71E9 #E94DBF

split-complementary

#E9C54D #4DBFE9 #774DE9

monochromatic

#A78515 #DDB11B #E9C54D #F0D783 #F6E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E9C54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C54D

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C54D	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d684',
    500: '#e9c54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c54d;
$custom-light: #f4d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83305,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C54D

secondary

#324DA9

accent

#3BDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C54D

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

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