#E9CB65#E9CB65

#E9CB65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.126 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CB65
RGB	rgb(233, 203, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -1.58, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 53.96, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.007 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.126 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3115, 60.9779, 21.0605)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CB65 #6583E9

analogous

#E98965 #E9CB65 #C5E965

triadic

#E9CB65 #65E9CB #CB65E9

tetradic

#E9CB65 #65E989 #6583E9 #E965C5

square

#E9CB65 #65E989 #6583E9 #E965C5

split-complementary

#E9CB65 #65C5E9 #8965E9

monochromatic

#B9951A #E1B92F #E9CB65 #F1DD9B #F8EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E9CB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CB65

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CB65	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.126 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da94',
    500: '#e9cb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cb65;
$custom-light: #f3da94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84752,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CB65

secondary

#3A56B9

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CB65

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

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