#E9CA55#E9CA55

#E9CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.139 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA55
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -2.16, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 60.72, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0105 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.139 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3671, 60.2235, 17.2478)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA55 #5574E9

analogous

#E98055 #E9CA55 #BEE955

triadic

#E9CA55 #55E9CA #CA55E9

tetradic

#E9CA55 #55E980 #5574E9 #E955BE

square

#E9CA55 #55E980 #5574E9 #E955BE

split-complementary

#E9CA55 #55BEE9 #8055E9

monochromatic

#AD8E16 #E2B91F #E9CA55 #F0DB8B #F7ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E9CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA55

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA55	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)

#DEC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.139 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98a',
    500: '#e9ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca55;
$custom-light: #f3d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84381,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA55

secondary

#344EAE

accent

#37D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA55

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

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