#E9C846#E9C846

#E9C846 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.148 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C846
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -1.96, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 66.23, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0117 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.148 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3669, 59.0774, 14.2800)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C846 #4667E9

analogous

#E97746 #E9C846 #B8E946

triadic

#E9C846 #46E9C8 #C846E9

tetradic

#E9C846 #46E977 #4667E9 #E946B8

square

#E9C846 #46E977 #4667E9 #E946B8

split-complementary

#E9C846 #46B8E9 #7746E9

monochromatic

#A18513 #D8B21A #E9C846 #F0D87D #F6E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E9C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C846

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C846	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)

#DDC433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.148 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d881',
    500: '#e9c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c846;
$custom-light: #f4d881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83849,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C846

secondary

#2F47A4

accent

#5AF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C846

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

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