#E9C95B#E9C95B

#E9C95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.133 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C95B
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -1.26, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 57.83, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0072 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.133 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3818, 59.8551, 18.4789)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C95B #5B7BE9

analogous

#E9825B #E9C95B #C2E95B

triadic

#E9C95B #5BE9C9 #C95BE9

tetradic

#E9C95B #5BE982 #5B7BE9 #E95BC2

square

#E9C95B #5BE982 #5B7BE9 #E95BC2

split-complementary

#E9C95B #5BC2E9 #825BE9

monochromatic

#B28F18 #E2B725 #E9C95B #F0DB91 #F7EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E9C95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C95B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C95B	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)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.133 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98d',
    500: '#e9c95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c95b;
$custom-light: #f3d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8424,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C95B

secondary

#3652B2

accent

#3BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C95B

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

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