#E9CB5B#E9CB5B

#E9CB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.135 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB5B
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -2.29, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 58.43, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0102 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.135 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8511, 60.7937, 18.6353)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB5B #5B79E9

analogous

#E9845B #E9CB5B #C0E95B

triadic

#E9CB5B #5BE9CB #CB5BE9

tetradic

#E9CB5B #5BE984 #5B79E9 #E95BC0

square

#E9CB5B #5BE984 #5B79E9 #E95BC0

split-complementary

#E9CB5B #5BC0E9 #845BE9

monochromatic

#B29118 #E2BA25 #E9CB5B #F0DC91 #F7EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E9CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB5B

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB5B	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.135 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8d',
    500: '#e9cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb5b;
$custom-light: #f3da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84642,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB5B

secondary

#3650B2

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB5B

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

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