#E9C64E#E9C64E

#E9C64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C64E
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -0.51, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 62.51, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0066 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.141 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1763, 58.2649, 15.5463)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C64E #4E71E9

analogous

#E9784E #E9C64E #BEE94E

triadic

#E9C64E #4EE9C6 #C64EE9

tetradic

#E9C64E #4EE978 #4E71E9 #E94EBE

square

#E9C64E #4EE978 #4E71E9 #E94EBE

split-complementary

#E9C64E #4EBEE9 #784EE9

monochromatic

#A88715 #DEB21C #E9C64E #F0D884 #F7E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E9C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C64E

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C64E	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d685',
    500: '#e9c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c64e;
$custom-light: #f4d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83514,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C64E

secondary

#324DA9

accent

#3ADA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C64E

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

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