#E9C655#E9C655

#E9C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C655
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -0.10, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 59.58, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0046 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.136 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4407, 58.3707, 16.9391)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C655 #5578E9

analogous

#E97C55 #E9C655 #C2E955

triadic

#E9C655 #55E9C6 #C655E9

tetradic

#E9C655 #55E97C #5578E9 #E955C2

square

#E9C655 #55E97C #5578E9 #E955C2

split-complementary

#E9C655 #55C2E9 #7C55E9

monochromatic

#AD8A16 #E2B41F #E9C655 #F0D88B #F7EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E9C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C655

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C655	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)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d789',
    500: '#e9c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c655;
$custom-light: #f3d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83579,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C655

secondary

#3451AE

accent

#3DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C655

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

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