#E9CA6B#E9CA6B

#E9CA6B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA6B
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 107)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -0.60, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 50.88, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0034 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3809, 60.6290, 22.5872)
Luminance	0.6063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA6B #6B8AE9

analogous

#E98B6B #E9CA6B #C9E96B

triadic

#E9CA6B #6BE9CA #CA6BE9

tetradic

#E9CA6B #6BE98B #6B8AE9 #E96BC9

square

#E9CA6B #6BE98B #6B8AE9 #E96BC9

split-complementary

#E9CA6B #6BC9E9 #8B6BE9

monochromatic

#BD961C #E1B736 #E9CA6B #F1DDA0 #F9F0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CA6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E9CA6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA6B

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA6B	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d998',
    500: '#e9ca6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca6b;
$custom-light: #f3d998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84625,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA6B

secondary

#3C5BBC

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA6B

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

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