#E9C856#E9C856

#E9C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C856
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -1.07, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 59.71, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0073 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.137 93)
XYZ	xyz(55.9409, 59.3070, 17.3031)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C856 #5677E9

analogous

#E97F56 #E9C856 #C0E956

triadic

#E9C856 #56E9C8 #C856E9

tetradic

#E9C856 #56E97F #5677E9 #E956C0

square

#E9C856 #56E97F #5677E9 #E956C0

split-complementary

#E9C856 #56C0E9 #7F56E9

monochromatic

#AE8C17 #E2B620 #E9C856 #F0DA8C #F7EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E9C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C856

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C856	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)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88a',
    500: '#e9c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c856;
$custom-light: #f3d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83989,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C856

secondary

#3450AF

accent

#3AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C856

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

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