#E9C956#E9C956

#E9C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.137 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C956
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -1.58, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 60.00, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0087 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.137 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1732, 59.7717, 17.3806)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C956 #5676E9

analogous

#E98056 #E9C956 #BFE956

triadic

#E9C956 #56E9C9 #C956E9

tetradic

#E9C956 #56E980 #5676E9 #E956BF

square

#E9C956 #56E980 #5676E9 #E956BF

split-complementary

#E9C956 #56BFE9 #8056E9

monochromatic

#AE8D17 #E2B820 #E9C956 #F0DA8C #F7ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E9C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C956

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C956	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.137 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98a',
    500: '#e9c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c956;
$custom-light: #f3d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8419,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C956

secondary

#344FAF

accent

#39D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C956

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

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