#E9CB61#E9CB61

#E9CB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.130 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB61
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -1.87, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 55.77, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0083 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.13 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1203, 60.9014, 20.0534)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB61 #617FE9

analogous

#E98761 #E9CB61 #C3E961

triadic

#E9CB61 #61E9CB #CB61E9

tetradic

#E9CB61 #61E987 #617FE9 #E961C3

square

#E9CB61 #61E987 #617FE9 #E961C3

split-complementary

#E9CB61 #61C3E9 #8761E9

monochromatic

#B69419 #E2B92B #E9CB61 #F0DD97 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E9CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB61

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB61	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)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.130 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da91',
    500: '#e9cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb61;
$custom-light: #f3da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84706,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB61

secondary

#3854B6

accent

#3AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB61

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

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