#E9C645#E9C645

#E9C645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.147 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C645
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -0.98, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 66.08, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.009 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.147 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8754, 58.1446, 13.9617)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C645 #4568E9

analogous

#E97445 #E9C645 #BAE945

triadic

#E9C645 #45E9C6 #C645E9

tetradic

#E9C645 #45E974 #4568E9 #E945BA

square

#E9C645 #45E974 #4568E9 #E945BA

split-complementary

#E9C645 #45BAE9 #7445E9

monochromatic

#A18213 #D7AF19 #E9C645 #EFD77C #F6E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E9C645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C645

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C645	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.147 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d680',
    500: '#e9c645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c645;
$custom-light: #f4d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.195,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8344,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C645

secondary

#2F48A3

accent

#5CF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C645

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

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