#E9C750#E9C750

#E9C750 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C750
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -0.91, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 61.96, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0075 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.14 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4784, 58.7527, 16.0061)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C750 #5072E9

analogous

#E97B50 #E9C750 #BEE950

triadic

#E9C750 #50E9C7 #C750E9

tetradic

#E9C750 #50E97B #5072E9 #E950BE

square

#E9C750 #50E97B #5072E9 #E950BE

split-complementary

#E9C750 #50BEE9 #7B50E9

monochromatic

#A98815 #E0B41C #E9C750 #F0D886 #F7EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C750 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E9C750 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C750

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C750	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C750	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)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c750;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d786',
    500: '#e9c750',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c750;
$custom-light: #f4d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c750",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83732,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C750

secondary

#324DAB

accent

#39DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C750

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

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