#e9c60c

Color #e9c60c

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class amber-300 #ffd230 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e9c60c

RGB

rgb(233, 198, 12)

HSL

hsl(50.5, 90.2%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.5, 94.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15%, 94.8%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(80.59, -2.58, 80.55)

LCH

lch(80.59, 80.59, 91.83)

OKLCH

oklch(83.2%, 0.1696, 95.99)

HWB

hwb(50.5, 4.7%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0c2fe9

Analogous

#e9570c

#e9c60c

#9de90c

Triadic

#e9c60c

#0ce9c6

#c60ce9

Split-complementary

#e9c60c

#0c9de9

#570ce9

Tetradic

#e9c60c

#2fe90c

#0c2fe9

#c60ce9

Square

#e9c60c

#0ce957

#0c2fe9

#e90c9d

Shades

Color #e9c60c mixed toward black.

#c2a50a

#9b8408

#746306

#4e4204

#272102

Tints

Color #e9c60c mixed toward white.

#f4d52d

#f6dd57

#f9e681

#fbeeab

#fdf7d5

Tones

Color #e9c60c mixed toward gray.

#d6b91e

#c4ad31

#b2a043

#9f9456

#8d8768

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbda68 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#dddf73 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#e7888e · ΔE 45.2

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9c60c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9c60c]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#e9c60c (#e9c60c) is rgb(233, 198, 12) in RGB.

No, #e9c60c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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