#E9C95D#E9C95D

#E9C95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.132 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C95D
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -1.12, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 56.95, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0066 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.132 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4692, 59.8901, 18.9394)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C95D #5D7DE9

analogous

#E9835D #E9C95D #C3E95D

triadic

#E9C95D #5DE9C9 #C95DE9

tetradic

#E9C95D #5DE983 #5D7DE9 #E95DC3

square

#E9C95D #5DE983 #5D7DE9 #E95DC3

split-complementary

#E9C95D #5DC3E9 #835DE9

monochromatic

#B39018 #E2B727 #E9C95D #F0DB93 #F8EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E9C95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C95D

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C95D	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.132 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98f',
    500: '#e9c95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c95d;
$custom-light: #f3d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84261,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C95D

secondary

#3753B3

accent

#3CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C95D

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

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