#E9CB5F#E9CB5F
#E9CB5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.131 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9CB5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 203, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.31, -2.02, 56.63) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.31, 56.66, 92.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.68% -0.0089 0.131) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.68% 0.131 93.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0282, 60.8645, 19.5684) |
| Luminance | 0.6086 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.65
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.82
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.69
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.13
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.44
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9CB5F #5F7DE9
analogous
#E9865F #E9CB5F #C2E95F
triadic
#E9CB5F #5FE9CB #CB5FE9
tetradic
#E9CB5F #5FE986 #5F7DE9 #E95FC2
square
#E9CB5F #5FE986 #5F7DE9 #E95FC2
split-complementary
#E9CB5F #5FC2E9 #865FE9
monochromatic
#B59319 #E2BA29 #E9CB5F #F0DC95 #F8EECB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E9CB5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.17
#E9CB5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9CB5F
13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9CB5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9CB5F | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.17 | 13.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 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)
#DEC754
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D164
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9cb5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.131 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3da90',
500: '#e9cb5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9cb5f; $custom-light: #f3da90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9cb5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 203,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.957,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84684,
"c": 0.1313,
"h": 93.9
},
"luminance": 0.60862
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9CB5F
secondary
#3753B5
accent
#3AD80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F