#E9C857#E9C857

#E9C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.136 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C857
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -1.00, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 59.28, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.007 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.136 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9815, 59.3233, 17.5168)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C857 #5778E9

analogous

#E97F57 #E9C857 #C1E957

triadic

#E9C857 #57E9C8 #C857E9

tetradic

#E9C857 #57E97F #5778E9 #E957C1

square

#E9C857 #57E97F #5778E9 #E957C1

split-complementary

#E9C857 #57C1E9 #7F57E9

monochromatic

#AF8C17 #E2B621 #E9C857 #F0DA8D #F7EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E9C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C857

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C857	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.136 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88b',
    500: '#e9c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c857;
$custom-light: #f3d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83999,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C857

secondary

#3550AF

accent

#3BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C857

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

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