#E9CA5E#E9CA5E

#E9CA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.131 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA5E
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -1.57, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 56.81, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0078 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.131 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7477, 60.3757, 19.2521)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA5E #5E7DE9

analogous

#E9855E #E9CA5E #C2E95E

triadic

#E9CA5E #5EE9CA #CA5EE9

tetradic

#E9CA5E #5EE985 #5E7DE9 #E95EC2

square

#E9CA5E #5EE985 #5E7DE9 #E95EC2

split-complementary

#E9CA5E #5EC2E9 #855EE9

monochromatic

#B49119 #E2B828 #E9CA5E #F0DC94 #F8EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9CA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E9CA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA5E

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA5E	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)

#DDC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.131 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98f',
    500: '#e9ca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca5e;
$custom-light: #f3d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA5E

secondary

#3753B4

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA5E

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

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