#E9CB57#E9CB57

#E9CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB57
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -2.55, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 60.16, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0114 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.138 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6831, 60.7265, 17.7507)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB57 #5775E9

analogous

#E98257 #E9CB57 #BEE957

triadic

#E9CB57 #57E9CB #CB57E9

tetradic

#E9CB57 #57E982 #5775E9 #E957BE

square

#E9CB57 #57E982 #5775E9 #E957BE

split-complementary

#E9CB57 #57BEE9 #8257E9

monochromatic

#AF9017 #E2BA21 #E9CB57 #F0DC8D #F7ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E9CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB57

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.138 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8b',
    500: '#e9cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb57;
$custom-light: #f3da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84601,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB57

secondary

#354EAF

accent

#36D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB57

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

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