#E9C74E#E9C74E

#E9C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.142 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C74E
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -1.03, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 62.79, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0081 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.142 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4056, 58.7236, 15.6227)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C74E #4E70E9

analogous

#E9794E #E9C74E #BDE94E

triadic

#E9C74E #4EE9C7 #C74EE9

tetradic

#E9C74E #4EE979 #4E70E9 #E94EBD

square

#E9C74E #4EE979 #4E70E9 #E94EBD

split-complementary

#E9C74E #4EBDE9 #794EE9

monochromatic

#A88815 #DEB41C #E9C74E #F0D884 #F7E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E9C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C74E

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C74E	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.142 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d785',
    500: '#e9c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c74e;
$custom-light: #f4d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83714,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C74E

secondary

#324CA9

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C74E

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

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