#E9CB46#E9CB46

#E9CB46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.150 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB46
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -3.50, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 67.06, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0161 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.15 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0685, 60.4806, 14.5138)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB46 #4664E9

analogous

#E97A46 #E9CB46 #B6E946

triadic

#E9CB46 #46E9CB #CB46E9

tetradic

#E9CB46 #46E97A #4664E9 #E946B6

square

#E9CB46 #46E97A #4664E9 #E946B6

split-complementary

#E9CB46 #46B6E9 #7A46E9

monochromatic

#A18713 #D8B51A #E9CB46 #F0DA7D #F6EAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E9CB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB46

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB46	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.150 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da81',
    500: '#e9cb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb46;
$custom-light: #f4da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.957,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84454,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB46

secondary

#2F45A4

accent

#56F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB46

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

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