#E9C64B#E9C64B

#E9C64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.143 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C64B
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -0.67, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 63.73, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0074 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.143 93)
XYZ	xyz(55.0712, 58.2229, 14.9927)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C64B #4B6EE9

analogous

#E9774B #E9C64B #BDE94B

triadic

#E9C64B #4BE9C6 #C64BE9

tetradic

#E9C64B #4BE977 #4B6EE9 #E94BBD

square

#E9C64B #4BE977 #4B6EE9 #E94BBD

split-complementary

#E9C64B #4BBDE9 #774BE9

monochromatic

#A58514 #DCB11B #E9C64B #F0D782 #F6E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E9C64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C64B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C64B	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.143 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d683',
    500: '#e9c64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c64b;
$custom-light: #f4d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.709,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83488,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.5822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C64B

secondary

#314BA7

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C64B

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

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