#E9C960#E9C960

#E9C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.129 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C960
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -0.92, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 55.61, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0056 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.129 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6047, 59.9443, 19.6529)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C960 #6080E9

analogous

#E98460 #E9C960 #C5E960

triadic

#E9C960 #60E9C9 #C960E9

tetradic

#E9C960 #60E984 #6080E9 #E960C5

square

#E9C960 #60E984 #6080E9 #E960C5

split-complementary

#E9C960 #60C5E9 #8460E9

monochromatic

#B59119 #E2B72A #E9C960 #F0DB96 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E9C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C960

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C960	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.129 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d990',
    500: '#e9c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c960;
$custom-light: #f3d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84294,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C960

secondary

#3855B5

accent

#3DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C960

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

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