#E9C658#E9C658

#E9C658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.134 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C658
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, 0.09, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 58.29, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0037 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.134 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5624, 58.4194, 17.5801)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C658 #587BE9

analogous

#E97D58 #E9C658 #C4E958

triadic

#E9C658 #58E9C6 #C658E9

tetradic

#E9C658 #58E97D #587BE9 #E958C4

square

#E9C658 #58E97D #587BE9 #E958C4

split-complementary

#E9C658 #58C4E9 #7D58E9

monochromatic

#AF8B17 #E2B422 #E9C658 #F0D88E #F7EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E9C658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C658

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C658	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)

#DAC34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.134 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78b',
    500: '#e9c658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c658;
$custom-light: #f3d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83609,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C658

secondary

#3553B0

accent

#3ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C658

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

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