#E9CA4F#E9CA4F

#E9CA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA4F
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -2.51, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 63.22, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0122 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.143 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1388, 60.1321, 16.0453)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA4F #4F6EE9

analogous

#E97D4F #E9CA4F #BBE94F

triadic

#E9CA4F #4FE9CA #CA4FE9

tetradic

#E9CA4F #4FE97D #4F6EE9 #E94FBB

square

#E9CA4F #4FE97D #4F6EE9 #E94FBB

split-complementary

#E9CA4F #4FBBE9 #7D4FE9

monochromatic

#A98B15 #DFB81C #E9CA4F #F0DA85 #F7EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E9CA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA4F

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA4F	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d986',
    500: '#e9ca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca4f;
$custom-light: #f4d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84326,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA4F

secondary

#324AAA

accent

#35DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA4F

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

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