#E9CB4F#E9CB4F

#E9CB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB4F
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -3.03, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 63.51, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0137 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3742, 60.6029, 16.1238)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB4F #4F6DE9

analogous

#E97E4F #E9CB4F #BAE94F

triadic

#E9CB4F #4FE9CB #CB4FE9

tetradic

#E9CB4F #4FE97E #4F6DE9 #E94FBA

square

#E9CB4F #4FE97E #4F6DE9 #E94FBA

split-complementary

#E9CB4F #4FBAE9 #7E4FE9

monochromatic

#A98C15 #DFB91C #E9CB4F #F0DB85 #F7EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E9CB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB4F

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB4F	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)

#DFC73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da86',
    500: '#e9cb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb4f;
$custom-light: #f4da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84527,
    "c": 0.1439,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB4F

secondary

#324AAA

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB4F

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

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