#E9C94F#E9C94F

#E9C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C94F
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -2.00, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 62.94, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0108 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.143 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9049, 59.6644, 15.9673)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C94F #4F6FE9

analogous

#E97C4F #E9C94F #BCE94F

triadic

#E9C94F #4FE9C9 #C94FE9

tetradic

#E9C94F #4FE97C #4F6FE9 #E94FBC

square

#E9C94F #4FE97C #4F6FE9 #E94FBC

split-complementary

#E9C94F #4FBCE9 #7C4FE9

monochromatic

#A98A15 #DFB61C #E9C94F #F0DA85 #F7EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E9C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C94F

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C94F	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)

#DDC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d986',
    500: '#e9c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c94f;
$custom-light: #f4d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84125,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C94F

secondary

#324BAA

accent

#36DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C94F

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

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