#E9C851#E9C851

#E9C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C851
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -1.37, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 61.83, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0087 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.14 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7465, 59.2292, 16.2791)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C851 #5172E9

analogous

#E97C51 #E9C851 #BEE951

triadic

#E9C851 #51E9C8 #C851E9

tetradic

#E9C851 #51E97C #5172E9 #E951BE

square

#E9C851 #51E97C #5172E9 #E951BE

split-complementary

#E9C851 #51BEE9 #7C51E9

monochromatic

#AA8A16 #E0B61C #E9C851 #F0D987 #F7EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E9C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C851

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C851	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d887',
    500: '#e9c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c851;
$custom-light: #f4d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83942,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C851

secondary

#334DAB

accent

#38DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C851

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

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