#E9C755#E9C755

#E9C755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.137 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C755
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -0.61, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 59.86, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0061 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.137 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6701, 58.8293, 17.0155)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C755 #5577E9

analogous

#E97D55 #E9C755 #C1E955

triadic

#E9C755 #55E9C7 #C755E9

tetradic

#E9C755 #55E97D #5577E9 #E955C1

square

#E9C755 #55E97D #5577E9 #E955C1

split-complementary

#E9C755 #55C1E9 #7D55E9

monochromatic

#AD8B16 #E2B51F #E9C755 #F0D98B #F7EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E9C755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C755

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C755	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.137 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d789',
    500: '#e9c755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c755;
$custom-light: #f3d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83779,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C755

secondary

#3450AE

accent

#3BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C755

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

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