#E9C757#E9C757

#E9C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.135 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C757
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -0.49, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 59.00, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0055 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.135 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7506, 58.8616, 17.4399)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C757 #5779E9

analogous

#E97E57 #E9C757 #C2E957

triadic

#E9C757 #57E9C7 #C757E9

tetradic

#E9C757 #57E97E #5779E9 #E957C2

square

#E9C757 #57E97E #5779E9 #E957C2

split-complementary

#E9C757 #57C2E9 #7E57E9

monochromatic

#AF8B17 #E2B521 #E9C757 #F0D98D #F7EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E9C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C757

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C757	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	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)

#DBC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.135 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78b',
    500: '#e9c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c757;
$custom-light: #f3d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83799,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C757

secondary

#3551AF

accent

#3CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C757

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

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