#E9C85F#E9C85F

#E9C85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.129 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C85F
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -0.47, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 55.77, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0045 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.129 92)
XYZ	xyz(56.3266, 59.4613, 19.3346)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C85F #5F80E9

analogous

#E9835F #E9C85F #C5E95F

triadic

#E9C85F #5FE9C8 #C85FE9

tetradic

#E9C85F #5FE983 #5F80E9 #E95FC5

square

#E9C85F #5FE983 #5F80E9 #E95FC5

split-complementary

#E9C85F #5FC5E9 #835FE9

monochromatic

#B58F19 #E2B629 #E9C85F #F0DA95 #F8EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E9C85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C85F

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C85F	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.129 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d890',
    500: '#e9c85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c85f;
$custom-light: #f3d890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84083,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.59458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C85F

secondary

#3755B5

accent

#3ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C85F

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

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