#E9C852#E9C852

#E9C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.140 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C852
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -1.31, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 61.41, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0084 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.14 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7842, 59.2444, 16.4780)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C852 #5273E9

analogous

#E97C52 #E9C852 #BFE952

triadic

#E9C852 #52E9C8 #C852E9

tetradic

#E9C852 #52E97C #5273E9 #E952BF

square

#E9C852 #52E97C #5273E9 #E952BF

split-complementary

#E9C852 #52BFE9 #7C52E9

monochromatic

#AB8A16 #E1B61D #E9C852 #F0D988 #F7EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E9C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C852

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C852	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)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.140 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d888',
    500: '#e9c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c852;
$custom-light: #f4d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83951,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C852

secondary

#334EAC

accent

#39DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C852

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

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