#E9C656#E9C656

#E9C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C656
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -0.04, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 59.15, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0043 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.135 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4807, 58.3867, 17.1498)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C656 #5679E9

analogous

#E97C56 #E9C656 #C3E956

triadic

#E9C656 #56E9C6 #C656E9

tetradic

#E9C656 #56E97C #5679E9 #E956C3

square

#E9C656 #56E97C #5679E9 #E956C3

split-complementary

#E9C656 #56C3E9 #7C56E9

monochromatic

#AE8A17 #E2B420 #E9C656 #F0D88C #F7EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E9C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C656

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C656	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78a',
    500: '#e9c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c656;
$custom-light: #f3d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83589,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C656

secondary

#3452AF

accent

#3DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C656

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

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