#E9C95C#E9C95C

#E9C95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.132 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C95C
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -1.19, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 57.39, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0069 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.132 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.4252, 59.8725, 18.7076)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C95C #5C7CE9

analogous

#E9825C #E9C95C #C2E95C

triadic

#E9C95C #5CE9C9 #C95CE9

tetradic

#E9C95C #5CE982 #5C7CE9 #E95CC2

square

#E9C95C #5CE982 #5C7CE9 #E95CC2

split-complementary

#E9C95C #5CC2E9 #825CE9

monochromatic

#B38F18 #E2B726 #E9C95C #F0DB92 #F8EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E9C95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C95C

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C95C	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)

#DCC651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.132 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98e',
    500: '#e9c95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c95c;
$custom-light: #f3d98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84251,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.5987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C95C

secondary

#3653B3

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C95C

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

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