#E9CA53#E9CA53

#E9CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA53
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -2.28, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 61.56, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0111 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.14 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2888, 60.1921, 16.8353)
Luminance	0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA53 #5372E9

analogous

#E97F53 #E9CA53 #BDE953

triadic

#E9CA53 #53E9CA #CA53E9

tetradic

#E9CA53 #53E97F #5372E9 #E953BD

square

#E9CA53 #53E97F #5372E9 #E953BD

split-complementary

#E9CA53 #53BDE9 #7F53E9

monochromatic

#AC8D16 #E2B91D #E9CA53 #F0DB89 #F7EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E9CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA53

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA53	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d988',
    500: '#e9ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca53;
$custom-light: #f4d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84362,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA53

secondary

#334DAD

accent

#36DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA53

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

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