#E9C652#E9C652

#E9C652 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C652
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -0.28, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 60.85, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0055 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.138 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3241, 58.3240, 16.3246)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C652 #5275E9

analogous

#E97B52 #E9C652 #C0E952

triadic

#E9C652 #52E9C6 #C652E9

tetradic

#E9C652 #52E97B #5275E9 #E952C0

square

#E9C652 #52E97B #5275E9 #E952C0

split-complementary

#E9C652 #52C0E9 #7B52E9

monochromatic

#AB8816 #E1B41D #E9C652 #F0D888 #F7EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E9C652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C652

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C652	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)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d788',
    500: '#e9c652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c652;
$custom-light: #f4d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8355,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C652

secondary

#334FAC

accent

#3CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C652

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

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