#E9C65B#E9C65B

#E9C65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.131 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C65B
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, 0.29, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 56.97, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0027 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.131 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6893, 58.4701, 18.2481)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C65B #5B7EE9

analogous

#E97F5B #E9C65B #C5E95B

triadic

#E9C65B #5BE9C6 #C65BE9

tetradic

#E9C65B #5BE97F #5B7EE9 #E95BC5

square

#E9C65B #5BE97F #5B7EE9 #E95BC5

split-complementary

#E9C65B #5BC5E9 #7F5BE9

monochromatic

#B28C18 #E2B325 #E9C65B #F0D991 #F7ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E9C65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C65B

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C65B	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.131 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78d',
    500: '#e9c65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c65b;
$custom-light: #f3d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8364,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C65B

secondary

#3655B2

accent

#3FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C65B

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

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