#E9CA47#E9CA47

#E9CA47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.149 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA47
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -2.94, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 66.40, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0144 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.149 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8649, 60.0226, 14.6030)
Luminance	0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA47 #4766E9

analogous

#E97947 #E9CA47 #B7E947

triadic

#E9CA47 #47E9CA #CA47E9

tetradic

#E9CA47 #47E979 #4766E9 #E947B7

square

#E9CA47 #47E979 #4766E9 #E947B7

split-complementary

#E9CA47 #47B7E9 #7947E9

monochromatic

#A28713 #D9B41A #E9CA47 #F0DA7E #F6E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E9CA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA47

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA47	1.00	1.61	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.61	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)

#DEC634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.149 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d981',
    500: '#e9ca47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca47;
$custom-light: #f4d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.519,
    "s": 78.641,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8426,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA47

secondary

#3046A5

accent

#58F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA47

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

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