#E9C746#E9C746

#E9C746 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.147 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C746
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -1.45, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 65.96, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0102 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.147 94)
XYZ	xyz(55.1360, 58.6157, 14.2030)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C746 #4668E9

analogous

#E97646 #E9C746 #B9E946

triadic

#E9C746 #46E9C7 #C746E9

tetradic

#E9C746 #46E976 #4668E9 #E946B9

square

#E9C746 #46E976 #4668E9 #E946B9

split-complementary

#E9C746 #46B9E9 #7646E9

monochromatic

#A18413 #D8B01A #E9C746 #F0D87D #F6E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E9C746 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C746

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C746	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)

#DCC334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.147 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d781',
    500: '#e9c746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c746;
$custom-light: #f4d781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.485,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83648,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.58613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C746

secondary

#2F48A4

accent

#5BF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C746

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

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