#E9C554#E9C554

#E9C554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C554
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, 0.36, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 59.73, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0034 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.136 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1735, 57.8993, 16.6554)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C554 #5478E9

analogous

#E97A54 #E9C554 #C3E954

triadic

#E9C554 #54E9C5 #C554E9

tetradic

#E9C554 #54E97A #5478E9 #E954C3

square

#E9C554 #54E97A #5478E9 #E954C3

split-complementary

#E9C554 #54C3E9 #7A54E9

monochromatic

#AC8816 #E2B31E #E9C554 #F0D78A #F7EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E9C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C554

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C554	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d689',
    500: '#e9c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c554;
$custom-light: #f4d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8337,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C554

secondary

#3451AD

accent

#3ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C554

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

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