#E9C555#E9C555

#E9C555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C555
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, 0.42, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 59.31, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0031 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.135 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2129, 57.9151, 16.8631)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C555 #5579E9

analogous

#E97B55 #E9C555 #C3E955

triadic

#E9C555 #55E9C5 #C555E9

tetradic

#E9C555 #55E97B #5579E9 #E955C3

square

#E9C555 #55E97B #5579E9 #E955C3

split-complementary

#E9C555 #55C3E9 #7B55E9

monochromatic

#AD8916 #E2B31F #E9C555 #F0D78B #F7EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E9C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C555

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C555	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)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d689',
    500: '#e9c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c555;
$custom-light: #f4d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83379,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C555

secondary

#3452AE

accent

#3ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C555

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

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