#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
RGBrgb(233, 200, 78)
HSLhsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(47, 67%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.39, -1.54, 63.04)
CIE-LCHlch(81.39, 63.06, 91.40°)
OKLaboklab(83.92% -0.0096 0.1423)
OKLCHoklch(83.92% 0.143 93.8)
XYZxyz(55.6364, 59.1852, 15.6996)
Luminance0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E9C84E1.001.6412.8412.84
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8421.001.001.00
##00000012.8421.001.001.00

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

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#E9C84E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva