#E9C552#E9C552

#E9C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.138 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C552
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, 0.24, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 60.58, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.004 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.138 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0962, 57.8684, 16.2487)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C552 #5276E9

analogous

#E97A52 #E9C552 #C2E952

triadic

#E9C552 #52E9C5 #C552E9

tetradic

#E9C552 #52E97A #5276E9 #E952C2

square

#E9C552 #52E97A #5276E9 #E952C2

split-complementary

#E9C552 #52C2E9 #7A52E9

monochromatic

#AB8716 #E1B21D #E9C552 #F0D788 #F7E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E9C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C552

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C552	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)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.138 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d687',
    500: '#e9c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c552;
$custom-light: #f4d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C552

secondary

#3350AC

accent

#3DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C552

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

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