#E9C65D#E9C65D

#E9C65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.130 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C65D
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 0.42, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 56.09, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0021 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.13 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7767, 58.5051, 18.7085)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C65D #5D80E9

analogous

#E9805D #E9C65D #C6E95D

triadic

#E9C65D #5DE9C6 #C65DE9

tetradic

#E9C65D #5DE980 #5D80E9 #E95DC6

square

#E9C65D #5DE980 #5D80E9 #E95DC6

split-complementary

#E9C65D #5DC6E9 #805DE9

monochromatic

#B38D18 #E2B327 #E9C65D #F0D993 #F8ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E9C65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C65D

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C65D	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.130 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78e',
    500: '#e9c65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c65d;
$custom-light: #f3d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83662,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C65D

secondary

#3756B3

accent

#40D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C65D

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

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