#E9C74F#E9C74F

#E9C74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.141 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C74F
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -0.97, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 62.38, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0078 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.141 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4417, 58.7380, 15.8130)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C74F #4F71E9

analogous

#E97A4F #E9C74F #BEE94F

triadic

#E9C74F #4FE9C7 #C74FE9

tetradic

#E9C74F #4FE97A #4F71E9 #E94FBE

square

#E9C74F #4FE97A #4F71E9 #E94FBE

split-complementary

#E9C74F #4FBEE9 #7A4FE9

monochromatic

#A98815 #DFB41C #E9C74F #F0D885 #F7EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E9C74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C74F

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C74F	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.141 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d786',
    500: '#e9c74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c74f;
$custom-light: #f4d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83723,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C74F

secondary

#324DAA

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C74F

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

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