#E9C550#E9C550

#E9C550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C550
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, 0.12, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 61.42, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0045 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.139 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0213, 57.8384, 15.8537)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C550 #5074E9

analogous

#E97950 #E9C550 #C1E950

triadic

#E9C550 #50E9C5 #C550E9

tetradic

#E9C550 #50E979 #5074E9 #E950C1

square

#E9C550 #50E979 #5074E9 #E950C1

split-complementary

#E9C550 #50C1E9 #7950E9

monochromatic

#A98615 #E0B21C #E9C550 #F0D786 #F7E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E9C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C550

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C550	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d686',
    500: '#e9c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c550;
$custom-light: #f4d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83332,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C550

secondary

#324FAB

accent

#3CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C550

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

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