#E9CA58#E9CA58
#E9CA58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9CA58 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 202, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 77%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.99, -1.97, 59.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.99, 59.43, 91.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.41% -0.0096 0.136) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.41% 0.136 94) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4888, 60.2722, 17.8889) |
| Luminance | 0.6027 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.25
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.80
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.43
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.47
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.62
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9CA58 #5877E9
analogous
#E98158 #E9CA58 #C0E958
triadic
#E9CA58 #58E9CA #CA58E9
tetradic
#E9CA58 #58E981 #5877E9 #E958C0
square
#E9CA58 #58E981 #5877E9 #E958C0
split-complementary
#E9CA58 #58C0E9 #8158E9
monochromatic
#AF8F17 #E2B922 #E9CA58 #F0DB8E #F7ECC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E9CA58 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.05
#E9CA58 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9CA58
13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9CA58 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9CA58 | 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)
#DDC64B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D05D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABCB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9ca58; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 94.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d98b',
500: '#e9ca58',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9ca58; $custom-light: #f3d98b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9ca58",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 202,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.172,
"s": 76.72,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8441,
"c": 0.13636,
"h": 94
},
"luminance": 0.60269
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9CA58
secondary
#354FB0
accent
#38D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F