#E9CA49#E9CA49

#E9CA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.147 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA49
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -2.84, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 65.62, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0138 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.147 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9302, 60.0487, 14.9466)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA49 #4968E9

analogous

#E97A49 #E9CA49 #B8E949

triadic

#E9CA49 #49E9CA #CA49E9

tetradic

#E9CA49 #49E97A #4968E9 #E949B8

square

#E9CA49 #49E97A #4968E9 #E949B8

split-complementary

#E9CA49 #49B8E9 #7A49E9

monochromatic

#A48814 #DAB51A #E9CA49 #F0DA80 #F6EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E9CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA49

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA49	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.147 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d983',
    500: '#e9ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca49;
$custom-light: #f4d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.375,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84275,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA49

secondary

#3047A6

accent

#58F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA49

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

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