#E9CA57#E9CA57

#E9CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.137 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA57
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -2.03, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 59.86, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0099 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.137 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4477, 60.2557, 17.6722)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA57 #5776E9

analogous

#E98157 #E9CA57 #BFE957

triadic

#E9CA57 #57E9CA #CA57E9

tetradic

#E9CA57 #57E981 #5776E9 #E957BF

square

#E9CA57 #57E981 #5776E9 #E957BF

split-complementary

#E9CA57 #57BFE9 #8157E9

monochromatic

#AF8E17 #E2B921 #E9CA57 #F0DB8D #F7ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E9CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA57

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.137 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98b',
    500: '#e9ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca57;
$custom-light: #f3d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.844,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA57

secondary

#354FAF

accent

#38D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA57

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

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