#E9CB59#E9CB59

#E9CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB59
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -2.42, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 59.30, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0108 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.136 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7659, 60.7596, 18.1870)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB59 #5977E9

analogous

#E98359 #E9CB59 #BFE959

triadic

#E9CB59 #59E9CB #CB59E9

tetradic

#E9CB59 #59E983 #5977E9 #E959BF

square

#E9CB59 #59E983 #5977E9 #E959BF

split-complementary

#E9CB59 #59BFE9 #8359E9

monochromatic

#B09017 #E2BA23 #E9CB59 #F0DC8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E9CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB59

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB59	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)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8c',
    500: '#e9cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb59;
$custom-light: #f3da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84621,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB59

secondary

#354FB1

accent

#37D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB59

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

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