#E9CB5C#E9CB5C

#E9CB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB5C
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -2.22, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 57.99, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0099 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8945, 60.8110, 18.8640)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB5C #5C7AE9

analogous

#E9845C #E9CB5C #C0E95C

triadic

#E9CB5C #5CE9CB #CB5CE9

tetradic

#E9CB5C #5CE984 #5C7AE9 #E95CC0

square

#E9CB5C #5CE984 #5C7AE9 #E95CC0

split-complementary

#E9CB5C #5CC0E9 #845CE9

monochromatic

#B39218 #E2BA26 #E9CB5C #F0DC92 #F8EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E9CB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB5C

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB5C	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)

#DEC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8e',
    500: '#e9cb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb5c;
$custom-light: #f3da8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84652,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB5C

secondary

#3651B3

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB5C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →