#E9C84F#E9C84F

#E9C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C84F
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -1.48, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 62.65, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0093 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.142 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6726, 59.1997, 15.8899)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C84F #4F70E9

analogous

#E97B4F #E9C84F #BDE94F

triadic

#E9C84F #4FE9C8 #C84FE9

tetradic

#E9C84F #4FE97B #4F70E9 #E94FBD

square

#E9C84F #4FE97B #4F70E9 #E94FBD

split-complementary

#E9C84F #4FBDE9 #7B4FE9

monochromatic

#A98915 #DFB51C #E9C84F #F0D985 #F7EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E9C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C84F

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C84F	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)

#DCC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d886',
    500: '#e9c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c84f;
$custom-light: #f4d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83924,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C84F

secondary

#324CAA

accent

#38DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C84F

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

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