#E9C759#E9C759

#E9C759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.134 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C759
RGB	rgb(233, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -0.36, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 58.13, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0049 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.134 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8335, 58.8947, 17.8762)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C759 #597BE9

analogous

#E97F59 #E9C759 #C3E959

triadic

#E9C759 #59E9C7 #C759E9

tetradic

#E9C759 #59E97F #597BE9 #E959C3

square

#E9C759 #59E97F #597BE9 #E959C3

split-complementary

#E9C759 #59C3E9 #7F59E9

monochromatic

#B08C17 #E2B523 #E9C759 #F0D98F #F7EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E9C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C759

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C759	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.134 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78c',
    500: '#e9c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c759;
$custom-light: #f3d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83819,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C759

secondary

#3553B1

accent

#3DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C759

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

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