#E9CA50#E9CA50

#E9CA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.142 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA50
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -2.46, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 62.81, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.012 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.142 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1755, 60.1468, 16.2384)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA50 #506FE9

analogous

#E97E50 #E9CA50 #BCE950

triadic

#E9CA50 #50E9CA #CA50E9

tetradic

#E9CA50 #50E97E #506FE9 #E950BC

square

#E9CA50 #50E97E #506FE9 #E950BC

split-complementary

#E9CA50 #50BCE9 #7E50E9

monochromatic

#A98B15 #E0B81C #E9CA50 #F0DA86 #F7EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E9CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA50

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA50	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)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.142 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d987',
    500: '#e9ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca50;
$custom-light: #f4d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84335,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA50

secondary

#324BAB

accent

#35DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA50

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

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