#E9CA5D#E9CA5D

#E9CA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.132 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA5D
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -1.64, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 57.25, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0081 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.132 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7031, 60.3579, 19.0173)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA5D #5D7CE9

analogous

#E9845D #E9CA5D #C2E95D

triadic

#E9CA5D #5DE9CA #CA5DE9

tetradic

#E9CA5D #5DE984 #5D7CE9 #E95DC2

square

#E9CA5D #5DE984 #5D7CE9 #E95DC2

split-complementary

#E9CA5D #5DC2E9 #845DE9

monochromatic

#B39118 #E2B827 #E9CA5D #F0DC93 #F8EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E9CA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA5D

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA5D	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.132 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98f',
    500: '#e9ca5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca5d;
$custom-light: #f3d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84462,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA5D

secondary

#3752B3

accent

#3AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA5D

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

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