#E9D45C#E9D45C

#E9D45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D45C
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -6.81, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 60.88, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0231 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0819, 65.1858, 19.5932)
Luminance	0.6518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D45C #5C71E9

analogous

#E98D5C #E9D45C #B7E95C

triadic

#E9D45C #5CE9D4 #D45CE9

tetradic

#E9D45C #5CE98D #5C71E9 #E95CB7

square

#E9D45C #5CE98D #5C71E9 #E95CB7

split-complementary

#E9D45C #5CB7E9 #8D5CE9

monochromatic

#B39C18 #E2C626 #E9D45C #F0E292 #F8F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#E9D45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D45C

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D45C	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08f',
    500: '#e9d45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d45c;
$custom-light: #f3e08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86475,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D45C

secondary

#3649B3

accent

#2BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D45C

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

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