#E9CA46#E9CA46

#E9CA46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.149 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA46
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -2.99, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 66.78, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0146 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.149 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8331, 60.0099, 14.4354)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA46 #4665E9

analogous

#E97946 #E9CA46 #B7E946

triadic

#E9CA46 #46E9CA #CA46E9

tetradic

#E9CA46 #46E979 #4665E9 #E946B7

square

#E9CA46 #46E979 #4665E9 #E946B7

split-complementary

#E9CA46 #46B7E9 #7946E9

monochromatic

#A18613 #D8B41A #E9CA46 #F0DA7D #F6E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E9CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA46

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA46	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)

#DEC633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.149 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d981',
    500: '#e9ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca46;
$custom-light: #f4d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.589,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84252,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA46

secondary

#2F46A4

accent

#58F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA46

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

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