#E9C950#E9C950

#E9C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.142 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C950
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -1.94, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 62.52, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0105 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.142 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9416, 59.6791, 16.1605)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C950 #5070E9

analogous

#E97D50 #E9C950 #BDE950

triadic

#E9C950 #50E9C9 #C950E9

tetradic

#E9C950 #50E97D #5070E9 #E950BD

square

#E9C950 #50E97D #5070E9 #E950BD

split-complementary

#E9C950 #50BDE9 #7D50E9

monochromatic

#A98A15 #E0B71C #E9C950 #F0DA86 #F7EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E9C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C950

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C950	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.142 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d987',
    500: '#e9c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c950;
$custom-light: #f4d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84133,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C950

secondary

#324CAB

accent

#37DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C950

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

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