#E9CB50#E9CB50

#E9CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.143 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB50
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -2.97, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 63.10, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0134 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.143 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4108, 60.6176, 16.3169)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB50 #506EE9

analogous

#E97F50 #E9CB50 #BBE950

triadic

#E9CB50 #50E9CB #CB50E9

tetradic

#E9CB50 #50E97F #506EE9 #E950BB

square

#E9CB50 #50E97F #506EE9 #E950BB

split-complementary

#E9CB50 #50BBE9 #7F50E9

monochromatic

#A98C15 #E0B91C #E9CB50 #F0DB86 #F7EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E9CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB50

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB50	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)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da87',
    500: '#e9cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb50;
$custom-light: #f4da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84536,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB50

secondary

#324AAB

accent

#34DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB50

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

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