#E9CB5A#E9CB5A

#E9CB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB5A
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -2.35, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 58.87, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0105 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8082, 60.7765, 18.4097)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB5A #5A78E9

analogous

#E9835A #E9CB5A #BFE95A

triadic

#E9CB5A #5AE9CB #CB5AE9

tetradic

#E9CB5A #5AE983 #5A78E9 #E95ABF

square

#E9CB5A #5AE983 #5A78E9 #E95ABF

split-complementary

#E9CB5A #5ABFE9 #835AE9

monochromatic

#B19118 #E2BA24 #E9CB5A #F0DC90 #F7EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E9CB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB5A

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB5A	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)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8d',
    500: '#e9cb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb5a;
$custom-light: #f3da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84631,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB5A

secondary

#3650B1

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB5A

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

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