#E9C855#E9C855

#E9C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C855
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -1.13, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 60.14, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0076 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.137 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9009, 59.2910, 17.0924)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C855 #5576E9

analogous

#E97E55 #E9C855 #C0E955

triadic

#E9C855 #55E9C8 #C855E9

tetradic

#E9C855 #55E97E #5576E9 #E955C0

square

#E9C855 #55E97E #5576E9 #E955C0

split-complementary

#E9C855 #55C0E9 #7E55E9

monochromatic

#AD8C16 #E2B61F #E9C855 #F0DA8B #F7EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E9C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C855

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C855	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d889',
    500: '#e9c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c855;
$custom-light: #f3d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83979,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C855

secondary

#344FAE

accent

#3AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C855

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

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