#E9C951#E9C951

#E9C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C951
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -1.88, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 62.11, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0102 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9788, 59.6940, 16.3565)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C951 #5171E9

analogous

#E97D51 #E9C951 #BDE951

triadic

#E9C951 #51E9C9 #C951E9

tetradic

#E9C951 #51E97D #5171E9 #E951BD

square

#E9C951 #51E97D #5171E9 #E951BD

split-complementary

#E9C951 #51BDE9 #7D51E9

monochromatic

#AA8B16 #E0B71C #E9C951 #F0DA87 #F7EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E9C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C951

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C951	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)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d987',
    500: '#e9c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c951;
$custom-light: #f4d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84142,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C951

secondary

#334CAB

accent

#37DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C951

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

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