#E9CB4E#E9CB4E

#E9CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.145 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB4E
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -3.08, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 63.92, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.014 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.145 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3380, 60.5885, 15.9335)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB4E #4E6CE9

analogous

#E97D4E #E9CB4E #B9E94E

triadic

#E9CB4E #4EE9CB #CB4EE9

tetradic

#E9CB4E #4EE97D #4E6CE9 #E94EB9

square

#E9CB4E #4EE97D #4E6CE9 #E94EB9

split-complementary

#E9CB4E #4EB9E9 #7D4EE9

monochromatic

#A88B15 #DEB91C #E9CB4E #F0DB84 #F7EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E9CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB4E

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB4E	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.145 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da86',
    500: '#e9cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb4e;
$custom-light: #f4da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84519,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB4E

secondary

#3249A9

accent

#33DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB4E

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

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