#E9C84E#E9C84E

#E9C84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C84E
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -1.54, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 63.06, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0096 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.143 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6364, 59.1852, 15.6996)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C84E #4E6FE9

analogous

#E97A4E #E9C84E #BCE94E

triadic

#E9C84E #4EE9C8 #C84EE9

tetradic

#E9C84E #4EE97A #4E6FE9 #E94EBC

square

#E9C84E #4EE97A #4E6FE9 #E94EBC

split-complementary

#E9C84E #4EBCE9 #7A4EE9

monochromatic

#A88815 #DEB51C #E9C84E #F0D984 #F7EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E9C84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C84E

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C84E	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d885',
    500: '#e9c84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c84e;
$custom-light: #f4d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83915,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C84E

secondary

#324BA9

accent

#37DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C84E

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

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