#E9CB60#E9CB60

#E9CB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.130 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB60
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -1.95, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 56.22, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0086 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.13 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0740, 60.8828, 19.8094)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB60 #607EE9

analogous

#E98660 #E9CB60 #C3E960

triadic

#E9CB60 #60E9CB #CB60E9

tetradic

#E9CB60 #60E986 #607EE9 #E960C3

square

#E9CB60 #60E986 #607EE9 #E960C3

split-complementary

#E9CB60 #60C3E9 #8660E9

monochromatic

#B59319 #E2B92A #E9CB60 #F0DD96 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CB60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E9CB60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB60

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB60	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.130 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da91',
    500: '#e9cb60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb60;
$custom-light: #f3da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84695,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB60

secondary

#3853B5

accent

#3AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB60

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

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