#E9C85D#E9C85D

#E9C85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.131 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C85D
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -0.61, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 56.66, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0051 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.131 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2369, 59.4254, 18.8619)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C85D #5D7EE9

analogous

#E9825D #E9C85D #C4E95D

triadic

#E9C85D #5DE9C8 #C85DE9

tetradic

#E9C85D #5DE982 #5D7EE9 #E95DC4

square

#E9C85D #5DE982 #5D7EE9 #E95DC4

split-complementary

#E9C85D #5DC4E9 #825DE9

monochromatic

#B38F18 #E2B627 #E9C85D #F0DA93 #F8EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E9C85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C85D

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C85D	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)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.131 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88e',
    500: '#e9c85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c85d;
$custom-light: #f3d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84061,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C85D

secondary

#3754B3

accent

#3DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C85D

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

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