#E9CA5F#E9CA5F
#E9CA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.131 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9CA5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 202, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.05, -1.50, 56.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.05, 56.36, 91.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.48% -0.0074 0.1304) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.48% 0.131 93.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7928, 60.3938, 19.4900) |
| Luminance | 0.6039 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.71
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.97
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.66
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.66
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9CA5F #5F7EE9
analogous
#E9855F #E9CA5F #C3E95F
triadic
#E9CA5F #5FE9CA #CA5FE9
tetradic
#E9CA5F #5FE985 #5F7EE9 #E95FC3
square
#E9CA5F #5FE985 #5F7EE9 #E95FC3
split-complementary
#E9CA5F #5FC3E9 #855FE9
monochromatic
#B59219 #E2B829 #E9CA5F #F0DC95 #F8EECB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E9CA5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.08
#E9CA5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9CA5F
13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9CA5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9CA5F | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.08 | 13.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC754
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D064
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9ca5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.131 93.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d990',
500: '#e9ca5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9ca5f; $custom-light: #f3d990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9ca5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 202,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.522,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84483,
"c": 0.1306,
"h": 93.3
},
"luminance": 0.60391
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9CA5F
secondary
#3754B5
accent
#3BD80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F