#E9C962#E9C962

#E9C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.127 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C962
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -0.77, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 54.71, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.005 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.127 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6980, 59.9816, 20.1441)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C962 #6282E9

analogous

#E98662 #E9C962 #C5E962

triadic

#E9C962 #62E9C9 #C962E9

tetradic

#E9C962 #62E986 #6282E9 #E962C5

square

#E9C962 #62E986 #6282E9 #E962C5

split-complementary

#E9C962 #62C5E9 #8662E9

monochromatic

#B7921A #E1B72C #E9C962 #F1DB98 #F8EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E9C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C962

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C962	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.127 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d992',
    500: '#e9c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c962;
$custom-light: #f3d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84317,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C962

secondary

#3856B7

accent

#3ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C962

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

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