#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
RGBrgb(233, 201, 78)
HSLhsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(48, 67%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.65, -2.06, 63.31)
CIE-LCHlch(81.65, 63.34, 91.86°)
OKLaboklab(84.12% -0.011 0.1428)
OKLCHoklch(84.12% 0.143 94.4)
XYZxyz(55.8688, 59.6499, 15.7771)
Luminance0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##E9C94E1.001.6212.9312.93
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9321.001.001.00
##00000012.9321.001.001.00

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

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#E9C94E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva