#E9CA61#E9CA61

#E9CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA61
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -1.36, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 55.46, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0068 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.129 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.8849, 60.4306, 19.9749)
Luminance	0.6043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA61 #6180E9

analogous

#E98661 #E9CA61 #C4E961

triadic

#E9CA61 #61E9CA #CA61E9

tetradic

#E9CA61 #61E986 #6180E9 #E961C4

square

#E9CA61 #61E986 #6180E9 #E961C4

split-complementary

#E9CA61 #61C4E9 #8661E9

monochromatic

#B69219 #E2B82B #E9CA61 #F0DC97 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E9CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA61

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA61	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d991',
    500: '#e9ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca61;
$custom-light: #f3d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84506,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.60428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA61

secondary

#3855B6

accent

#3CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA61

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

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