#E9CB53#E9CB53

#E9CB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB53
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -2.79, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 61.86, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0126 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5242, 60.6629, 16.9138)
Luminance	0.6066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB53 #5371E9

analogous

#E98053 #E9CB53 #BCE953

triadic

#E9CB53 #53E9CB #CB53E9

tetradic

#E9CB53 #53E980 #5371E9 #E953BC

square

#E9CB53 #53E980 #5371E9 #E953BC

split-complementary

#E9CB53 #53BCE9 #8053E9

monochromatic

#AC8E16 #E2BB1D #E9CB53 #F0DB89 #F7ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E9CB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB53

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB53	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)

#DFC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4da88',
    500: '#e9cb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb53;
$custom-light: #f4da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84563,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB53

secondary

#334CAD

accent

#35DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB53

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

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