#E9C654#E9C654
#E9C654 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.137 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9C654 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 198, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.94, -0.16, 60.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.94, 60.01, 90.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.57% -0.0049 0.1367) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.57% 0.137 92) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.4013, 58.3549, 16.7313) |
| Luminance | 0.5835 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.64
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.53
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.90
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.00
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.30
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9C654 #5477E9
analogous
#E97C54 #E9C654 #C2E954
triadic
#E9C654 #54E9C6 #C654E9
tetradic
#E9C654 #54E97C #5477E9 #E954C2
square
#E9C654 #54E97C #5477E9 #E954C2
split-complementary
#E9C654 #54C2E9 #7C54E9
monochromatic
#AC8916 #E2B41E #E9C654 #F0D88A #F7EAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E9C654 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.67
#E9C654 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9C654
12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9C654 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9C654 | 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)
#DAC347
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CD59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBB7AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9c654; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.137 92.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4d789',
500: '#e9c654',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9c654; $custom-light: #f4d789; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9c654",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 198,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.906,
"s": 77.202,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83569,
"c": 0.13682,
"h": 92
},
"luminance": 0.58352
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9C654
secondary
#3450AD
accent
#3CD90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F