#E9CB5D#E9CB5D

#E9CB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.133 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB5D
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -2.15, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 57.55, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0096 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.133 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9385, 60.8286, 19.0958)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB5D #5D7BE9

analogous

#E9855D #E9CB5D #C1E95D

triadic

#E9CB5D #5DE9CB #CB5DE9

tetradic

#E9CB5D #5DE985 #5D7BE9 #E95DC1

square

#E9CB5D #5DE985 #5D7BE9 #E95DC1

split-complementary

#E9CB5D #5DC1E9 #855DE9

monochromatic

#B39218 #E2BA27 #E9CB5D #F0DC93 #F8EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E9CB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB5D

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB5D	1.00	1.60	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.133 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8f',
    500: '#e9cb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb5d;
$custom-light: #f3da8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84663,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB5D

secondary

#3751B3

accent

#39D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB5D

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

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