#E9C85A#E9C85A

#E9C85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.133 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C85A
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -0.81, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 57.98, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.006 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.133 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1066, 59.3733, 18.1758)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C85A #5A7BE9

analogous

#E9805A #E9C85A #C2E95A

triadic

#E9C85A #5AE9C8 #C85AE9

tetradic

#E9C85A #5AE980 #5A7BE9 #E95AC2

square

#E9C85A #5AE980 #5A7BE9 #E95AC2

split-complementary

#E9C85A #5AC2E9 #805AE9

monochromatic

#B18E18 #E2B624 #E9C85A #F0DA90 #F7ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E9C85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C85A

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C85A	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)

#DBC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.133 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88d',
    500: '#e9c85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c85a;
$custom-light: #f3d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84029,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C85A

secondary

#3652B1

accent

#3CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C85A

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

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