#E9CA52#E9CA52

#E9CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA52
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -2.34, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 61.98, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0114 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2504, 60.1768, 16.6334)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA52 #5271E9

analogous

#E97F52 #E9CA52 #BDE952

triadic

#E9CA52 #52E9CA #CA52E9

tetradic

#E9CA52 #52E97F #5271E9 #E952BD

square

#E9CA52 #52E97F #5271E9 #E952BD

split-complementary

#E9CA52 #52BDE9 #7F52E9

monochromatic

#AB8C16 #E1B91D #E9CA52 #F0DB88 #F7EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E9CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA52

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA52	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)

#DEC644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d988',
    500: '#e9ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca52;
$custom-light: #f4d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84353,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA52

secondary

#334CAC

accent

#36DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA52

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

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