#E9C94E#E9C94E

#E9C94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C94E
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -2.06, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 63.34, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.011 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.143 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8688, 59.6499, 15.7771)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C94E #4E6EE9

analogous

#E97B4E #E9C94E #BBE94E

triadic

#E9C94E #4EE9C9 #C94EE9

tetradic

#E9C94E #4EE97B #4E6EE9 #E94EBB

square

#E9C94E #4EE97B #4E6EE9 #E94EBB

split-complementary

#E9C94E #4EBBE9 #7B4EE9

monochromatic

#A88915 #DEB61C #E9C94E #F0DA84 #F7EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E9C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C94E

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C94E	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d985',
    500: '#e9c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c94e;
$custom-light: #f4d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84116,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C94E

secondary

#324BA9

accent

#36DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C94E

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

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