#E9C551#E9C551

#E9C551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C551
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, 0.18, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 61.00, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0043 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.138 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.0585, 57.8533, 16.0497)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C551 #5175E9

analogous

#E97951 #E9C551 #C1E951

triadic

#E9C551 #51E9C5 #C551E9

tetradic

#E9C551 #51E979 #5175E9 #E951C1

square

#E9C551 #51E979 #5175E9 #E951C1

split-complementary

#E9C551 #51C1E9 #7951E9

monochromatic

#AA8716 #E0B21C #E9C551 #F0D787 #F7E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E9C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C551

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C551	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)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d687',
    500: '#e9c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c551;
$custom-light: #f4d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83341,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C551

secondary

#334FAB

accent

#3DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C551

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

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