#E9CB62#E9CB62

#E9CB62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB62
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -1.80, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 55.32, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.008 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1672, 60.9201, 20.3005)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB62 #6280E9

analogous

#E98862 #E9CB62 #C3E962

triadic

#E9CB62 #62E9CB #CB62E9

tetradic

#E9CB62 #62E988 #6280E9 #E962C3

square

#E9CB62 #62E988 #6280E9 #E962C3

split-complementary

#E9CB62 #62C3E9 #8862E9

monochromatic

#B7941A #E1B92C #E9CB62 #F1DD98 #F8EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E9CB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB62

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB62	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)

#DEC858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da92',
    500: '#e9cb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb62;
$custom-light: #f3da92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84717,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB62

secondary

#3855B7

accent

#3BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB62

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

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