#E9CA5B#E9CA5B

#E9CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.134 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA5B
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, -1.77, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 58.13, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0087 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.134 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6157, 60.3229, 18.5569)
Luminance	0.6032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA5B #5B7AE9

analogous

#E9835B #E9CA5B #C1E95B

triadic

#E9CA5B #5BE9CA #CA5BE9

tetradic

#E9CA5B #5BE983 #5B7AE9 #E95BC1

square

#E9CA5B #5BE983 #5B7AE9 #E95BC1

split-complementary

#E9CA5B #5BC1E9 #835BE9

monochromatic

#B29018 #E2B925 #E9CA5B #F0DB91 #F7EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E9CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA5B

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA5B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.134 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98d',
    500: '#e9ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca5b;
$custom-light: #f3d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84441,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA5B

secondary

#3651B2

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA5B

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

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