#E9CB58#E9CB58

#E9CB58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB58
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -2.48, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 59.73, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0111 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.137 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7242, 60.7429, 17.9673)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB58 #5876E9

analogous

#E98258 #E9CB58 #BFE958

triadic

#E9CB58 #58E9CB #CB58E9

tetradic

#E9CB58 #58E982 #5876E9 #E958BF

square

#E9CB58 #58E982 #5876E9 #E958BF

split-complementary

#E9CB58 #58BFE9 #8258E9

monochromatic

#AF9017 #E2BA22 #E9CB58 #F0DC8E #F7EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E9CB58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB58

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB58	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.137 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8c',
    500: '#e9cb58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb58;
$custom-light: #f3da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84611,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB58

secondary

#354FB0

accent

#37D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB58

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

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