#E9C858#E9C858

#E9C858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.135 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C858
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -0.94, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 58.85, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0067 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.135 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0226, 59.3397, 17.7335)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C858 #5879E9

analogous

#E97F58 #E9C858 #C1E958

triadic

#E9C858 #58E9C8 #C858E9

tetradic

#E9C858 #58E97F #5879E9 #E958C1

square

#E9C858 #58E97F #5879E9 #E958C1

split-complementary

#E9C858 #58C1E9 #7F58E9

monochromatic

#AF8D17 #E2B622 #E9C858 #F0DA8E #F7ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E9C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C858

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C858	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.135 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88b',
    500: '#e9c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c858;
$custom-light: #f3d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84009,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C858

secondary

#3551B0

accent

#3BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C858

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

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