#E9CB55#E9CB55

#E9CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.139 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB55
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -2.67, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 61.01, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.012 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.139 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6025, 60.6942, 17.3263)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB55 #5573E9

analogous

#E98155 #E9CB55 #BDE955

triadic

#E9CB55 #55E9CB #CB55E9

tetradic

#E9CB55 #55E981 #5573E9 #E955BD

square

#E9CB55 #55E981 #5573E9 #E955BD

split-complementary

#E9CB55 #55BDE9 #8155E9

monochromatic

#AD8F16 #E2BA1F #E9CB55 #F0DC8B #F7ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E9CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB55

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB55	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.139 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8a',
    500: '#e9cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb55;
$custom-light: #f3da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84582,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB55

secondary

#344DAE

accent

#36D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB55

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

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