#E9C556#E9C556

#E9C556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C556
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 0.48, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 58.88, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0028 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.2529, 57.9311, 17.0738)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C556 #567AE9

analogous

#E97B56 #E9C556 #C4E956

triadic

#E9C556 #56E9C5 #C556E9

tetradic

#E9C556 #56E97B #567AE9 #E956C4

square

#E9C556 #56E97B #567AE9 #E956C4

split-complementary

#E9C556 #56C4E9 #7B56E9

monochromatic

#AE8917 #E2B220 #E9C556 #F0D88C #F7EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E9C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C556

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C556	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d68a',
    500: '#e9c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c556;
$custom-light: #f3d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C556

secondary

#3452AF

accent

#3ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C556

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

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