#E9C54E#E9C54E

#E9C54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C54E
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 0.01, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 62.25, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0051 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.141 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9485, 57.8093, 15.4703)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C54E #4E72E9

analogous

#E9784E #E9C54E #BFE94E

triadic

#E9C54E #4EE9C5 #C54EE9

tetradic

#E9C54E #4EE978 #4E72E9 #E94EBF

square

#E9C54E #4EE978 #4E72E9 #E94EBF

split-complementary

#E9C54E #4EBFE9 #784EE9

monochromatic

#A88615 #DEB11C #E9C54E #F0D784 #F7E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E9C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C54E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C54E	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)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d685',
    500: '#e9c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c54e;
$custom-light: #f4d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83314,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C54E

secondary

#324EA9

accent

#3BDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C54E

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

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