#E9C845#E9C845

#E9C845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.149 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C845
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -2.01, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 66.61, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0119 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.149 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3356, 59.0649, 14.1151)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C845 #4566E9

analogous

#E97645 #E9C845 #B8E945

triadic

#E9C845 #45E9C8 #C845E9

tetradic

#E9C845 #45E976 #4566E9 #E945B8

square

#E9C845 #45E976 #4566E9 #E945B8

split-complementary

#E9C845 #45B8E9 #7645E9

monochromatic

#A18413 #D7B119 #E9C845 #EFD87C #F6E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E9C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C845

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C845	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.149 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d880',
    500: '#e9c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c845;
$custom-light: #f4d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.927,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83841,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C845

secondary

#2F46A3

accent

#5AF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C845

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

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