#E9CB48#E9CB48

#E9CB48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.149 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB48
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -3.40, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 66.29, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0156 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.149 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.1327, 60.5063, 14.8519)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB48 #4866E9

analogous

#E97B48 #E9CB48 #B6E948

triadic

#E9CB48 #48E9CB #CB48E9

tetradic

#E9CB48 #48E97B #4866E9 #E948B6

square

#E9CB48 #48E97B #4866E9 #E948B6

split-complementary

#E9CB48 #48B6E9 #7B48E9

monochromatic

#A38814 #DAB61A #E9CB48 #F0DB7F #F6EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E9CB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB48

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB48	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)

#DFC736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.149 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da82',
    500: '#e9cb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb48;
$custom-light: #f4da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.82,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84469,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.60503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB48

secondary

#3046A5

accent

#57F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB48

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

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