#E9C850#E9C850

#E9C850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.141 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C850
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -1.43, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 62.24, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.009 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.141 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7092, 59.2144, 16.0830)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C850 #5071E9

analogous

#E97C50 #E9C850 #BEE950

triadic

#E9C850 #50E9C8 #C850E9

tetradic

#E9C850 #50E97C #5071E9 #E950BE

square

#E9C850 #50E97C #5071E9 #E950BE

split-complementary

#E9C850 #50BEE9 #7C50E9

monochromatic

#A98915 #E0B61C #E9C850 #F0D986 #F7EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E9C850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C850

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C850	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)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.141 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d886',
    500: '#e9c850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c850;
$custom-light: #f4d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83933,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C850

secondary

#324CAB

accent

#38DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C850

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

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