#E9C859#E9C859

#E9C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.134 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C859
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -0.88, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 58.42, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0063 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.134 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0643, 59.3564, 17.9531)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C859 #597AE9

analogous

#E98059 #E9C859 #C2E959

triadic

#E9C859 #59E9C8 #C859E9

tetradic

#E9C859 #59E980 #597AE9 #E959C2

square

#E9C859 #59E980 #597AE9 #E959C2

split-complementary

#E9C859 #59C2E9 #8059E9

monochromatic

#B08D17 #E2B623 #E9C859 #F0DA8F #F7ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E9C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C859

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C859	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)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.134 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88c',
    500: '#e9c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c859;
$custom-light: #f3d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84019,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C859

secondary

#3552B1

accent

#3BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C859

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

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