#E9CA62#E9CA62

#E9CA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA62
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -1.29, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 55.01, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0065 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.128 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9318, 60.4494, 20.2220)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA62 #6281E9

analogous

#E98662 #E9CA62 #C5E962

triadic

#E9CA62 #62E9CA #CA62E9

tetradic

#E9CA62 #62E986 #6281E9 #E962C5

square

#E9CA62 #62E986 #6281E9 #E962C5

split-complementary

#E9CA62 #62C5E9 #8662E9

monochromatic

#B7931A #E1B82C #E9CA62 #F1DC98 #F8EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E9CA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA62

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA62	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)

#DDC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d992',
    500: '#e9ca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca62;
$custom-light: #f3d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84517,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA62

secondary

#3855B7

accent

#3CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA62

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

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