#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
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -1.06, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 56.51, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0063 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.131 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5138, 59.9079, 19.1741)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E9C95E	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)

#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

Preview with #E9C95E

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

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