#E9CB51#E9CB51

#E9CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.142 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB51
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -2.91, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 62.69, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0131 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.142 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4481, 60.6325, 16.5129)
Luminance	0.6063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB51 #516FE9

analogous

#E97F51 #E9CB51 #BBE951

triadic

#E9CB51 #51E9CB #CB51E9

tetradic

#E9CB51 #51E97F #516FE9 #E951BB

square

#E9CB51 #51E97F #516FE9 #E951BB

split-complementary

#E9CB51 #51BBE9 #7F51E9

monochromatic

#AA8D16 #E0BA1C #E9CB51 #F0DB87 #F7EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E9CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB51

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB51	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.142 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da87',
    500: '#e9cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb51;
$custom-light: #f4da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84545,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB51

secondary

#334BAB

accent

#34DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB51

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

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