#E9CA56#E9CA56

#E9CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA56
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -2.10, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 60.29, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0102 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.138 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4071, 60.2395, 17.4586)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA56 #5675E9

analogous

#E98156 #E9CA56 #BEE956

triadic

#E9CA56 #56E9CA #CA56E9

tetradic

#E9CA56 #56E981 #5675E9 #E956BE

square

#E9CA56 #56E981 #5675E9 #E956BE

split-complementary

#E9CA56 #56BEE9 #8156E9

monochromatic

#AE8E17 #E2B920 #E9CA56 #F0DB8C #F7ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E9CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA56

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA56	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98a',
    500: '#e9ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca56;
$custom-light: #f3d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8439,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA56

secondary

#344EAF

accent

#38D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA56

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

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