#E9CA4E#E9CA4E

#E9CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.144 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA4E
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -2.57, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 63.63, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0125 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.144 95)
XYZ	xyz(56.1027, 60.1177, 15.8550)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA4E #4E6DE9

analogous

#E97C4E #E9CA4E #BAE94E

triadic

#E9CA4E #4EE9CA #CA4EE9

tetradic

#E9CA4E #4EE97C #4E6DE9 #E94EBA

square

#E9CA4E #4EE97C #4E6DE9 #E94EBA

split-complementary

#E9CA4E #4EBAE9 #7C4EE9

monochromatic

#A88A15 #DEB71C #E9CA4E #F0DA84 #F7EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E9CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA4E

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA4E	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.144 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d985',
    500: '#e9ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca4e;
$custom-light: #f4d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84317,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.60115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA4E

secondary

#324AA9

accent

#35DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA4E

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

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