#E9CA59#E9CA59

#E9CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA59
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -1.91, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 59.00, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0093 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.136 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5305, 60.2888, 18.1085)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA59 #5978E9

analogous

#E98259 #E9CA59 #C0E959

triadic

#E9CA59 #59E9CA #CA59E9

tetradic

#E9CA59 #59E982 #5978E9 #E959C0

square

#E9CA59 #59E982 #5978E9 #E959C0

split-complementary

#E9CA59 #59C0E9 #8259E9

monochromatic

#B08F17 #E2B923 #E9CA59 #F0DB8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E9CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA59

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA59	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98c',
    500: '#e9ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca59;
$custom-light: #f3d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8442,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA59

secondary

#3550B1

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA59

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

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