#E9C651#E9C651

#E9C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C651
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -0.34, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 61.27, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0057 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.139 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.2863, 58.3089, 16.1257)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C651 #5174E9

analogous

#E97A51 #E9C651 #C0E951

triadic

#E9C651 #51E9C6 #C651E9

tetradic

#E9C651 #51E97A #5174E9 #E951C0

square

#E9C651 #51E97A #5174E9 #E951C0

split-complementary

#E9C651 #51C0E9 #7A51E9

monochromatic

#AA8816 #E0B31C #E9C651 #F0D887 #F7EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E9C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C651

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C651	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d787',
    500: '#e9c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c651;
$custom-light: #f4d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83541,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C651

secondary

#334FAB

accent

#3BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C651

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

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