#E9C95A#E9C95A

#E9C95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C95A
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -1.33, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 58.27, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0075 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.134 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3389, 59.8380, 18.2532)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C95A #5A7AE9

analogous

#E9815A #E9C95A #C2E95A

triadic

#E9C95A #5AE9C9 #C95AE9

tetradic

#E9C95A #5AE981 #5A7AE9 #E95AC2

square

#E9C95A #5AE981 #5A7AE9 #E95AC2

split-complementary

#E9C95A #5AC2E9 #815AE9

monochromatic

#B18F18 #E2B724 #E9C95A #F0DB90 #F7ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E9C95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C95A

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C95A	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98d',
    500: '#e9c95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c95a;
$custom-light: #f3d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8423,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C95A

secondary

#3651B1

accent

#3AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C95A

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

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