#E9C745#E9C745

#E9C745 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.148 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C745
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -1.50, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 66.35, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0104 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.148 94)
XYZ	xyz(55.1047, 58.6032, 14.0381)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C745 #4567E9

analogous

#E97545 #E9C745 #B9E945

triadic

#E9C745 #45E9C7 #C745E9

tetradic

#E9C745 #45E975 #4567E9 #E945B9

square

#E9C745 #45E975 #4567E9 #E945B9

split-complementary

#E9C745 #45B9E9 #7545E9

monochromatic

#A18313 #D7B019 #E9C745 #EFD77C #F6E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E9C745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C745

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C745	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.148 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d780',
    500: '#e9c745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c745;
$custom-light: #f4d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.561,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83641,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C745

secondary

#2F47A3

accent

#5BF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C745

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

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