#E9C95E#E9C95E

#E9C95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9C95E
RGBrgb(233, 201, 94)
HSLhsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(46, 60%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.7%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.79, -1.06, 56.50)
CIE-LCHlch(81.79, 56.51, 91.07°)
OKLaboklab(84.27% -0.0063 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(84.27% 0.131 92.7)
XYZxyz(56.5138, 59.9079, 19.1741)
Luminance0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9C95E #5E7EE9
analogous
#E9845E #E9C95E #C4E95E
triadic
#E9C95E #5EE9C9 #C95EE9
tetradic
#E9C95E #5EE984 #5E7EE9 #E95EC4
square
#E9C95E #5EE984 #5E7EE9 #E95EC4
split-complementary
#E9C95E #5EC4E9 #845EE9
monochromatic
#B49019 #E2B728 #E9C95E #F0DB94 #F8EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#E9C95E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98
#E9C95E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C95E
12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9C95E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9C95E1.001.6212.9812.98
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9821.001.001.00
##00000012.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABBB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9c95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 92.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98f',
    500: '#e9c95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9c95e;
$custom-light: #f3d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9c95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84272,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9C95E
secondary
#3754B4
accent
#3CD80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

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#E9C95E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva