#E9C85B#E9C85B

#E9C85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.133 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C85B
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -0.74, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 57.54, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0057 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.133 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1494, 59.3904, 18.4015)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C85B #5B7CE9

analogous

#E9815B #E9C85B #C3E95B

triadic

#E9C85B #5BE9C8 #C85BE9

tetradic

#E9C85B #5BE981 #5B7CE9 #E95BC3

square

#E9C85B #5BE981 #5B7CE9 #E95BC3

split-complementary

#E9C85B #5BC3E9 #815BE9

monochromatic

#B28E18 #E2B625 #E9C85B #F0DA91 #F7ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E9C85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C85B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C85B	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.133 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88d',
    500: '#e9c85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c85b;
$custom-light: #f3d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8404,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C85B

secondary

#3653B2

accent

#3CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C85B

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

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