#E9C653#E9C653

#E9C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C653
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -0.22, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 60.43, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0052 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.3624, 58.3394, 16.5265)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C653 #5376E9

analogous

#E97B53 #E9C653 #C1E953

triadic

#E9C653 #53E9C6 #C653E9

tetradic

#E9C653 #53E97B #5376E9 #E953C1

square

#E9C653 #53E97B #5376E9 #E953C1

split-complementary

#E9C653 #53C1E9 #7B53E9

monochromatic

#AC8916 #E2B41D #E9C653 #F0D889 #F7EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E9C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C653

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C653	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d788',
    500: '#e9c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c653;
$custom-light: #f4d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8356,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C653

secondary

#3350AD

accent

#3CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C653

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

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