#E9CB56#E9CB56

#E9CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.139 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB56
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -2.61, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 60.59, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0117 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.139 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6425, 60.7102, 17.5370)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB56 #5674E9

analogous

#E98156 #E9CB56 #BEE956

triadic

#E9CB56 #56E9CB #CB56E9

tetradic

#E9CB56 #56E981 #5674E9 #E956BE

square

#E9CB56 #56E981 #5674E9 #E956BE

split-complementary

#E9CB56 #56BEE9 #8156E9

monochromatic

#AE8F17 #E2BA20 #E9CB56 #F0DC8C #F7ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E9CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB56

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB56	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)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.139 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8a',
    500: '#e9cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb56;
$custom-light: #f3da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84592,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB56

secondary

#344DAF

accent

#36D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB56

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

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