#E9C754#E9C754

#E9C754 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.137 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C754
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -0.68, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 60.28, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0064 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.137 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6306, 58.8136, 16.8077)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C754 #5476E9

analogous

#E97D54 #E9C754 #C0E954

triadic

#E9C754 #54E9C7 #C754E9

tetradic

#E9C754 #54E97D #5476E9 #E954C0

square

#E9C754 #54E97D #5476E9 #E954C0

split-complementary

#E9C754 #54C0E9 #7D54E9

monochromatic

#AC8A16 #E2B51E #E9C754 #F0D98A #F7EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C754 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E9C754 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C754

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C754	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C754	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c754;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.137 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d789',
    500: '#e9c754',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c754;
$custom-light: #f4d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c754",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83769,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C754

secondary

#3450AD

accent

#3BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C754

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

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