#E9CB68#E9CB68
#E9CB68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.123 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9CB68 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 203, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.40, -1.35, 52.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.40, 52.58, 91.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.79% -0.006 0.1233) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.79% 0.123 92.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.4612, 61.0377, 21.8488) |
| Luminance | 0.6103 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.66
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.38
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.51
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.82
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.25
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9CB68 #6886E9
analogous
#E98A68 #E9CB68 #C6E968
triadic
#E9CB68 #68E9CB #CB68E9
tetradic
#E9CB68 #68E98A #6886E9 #E968C6
square
#E9CB68 #68E98A #6886E9 #E968C6
split-complementary
#E9CB68 #68C6E9 #8A68E9
monochromatic
#BB961B #E1B933 #E9CB68 #F1DD9D #F9F0D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E9CB68 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.21
#E9CB68 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9CB68
13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9CB68 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9CB68 | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.21 | 13.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC85F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D16C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9cb68; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 203, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.123 92.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3da96',
500: '#e9cb68',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9cb68; $custom-light: #f3da96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9cb68",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 203,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.047,
"s": 74.566,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84788,
"c": 0.1234,
"h": 92.8
},
"luminance": 0.61035
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9CB68
secondary
#3B58BB
accent
#3DD70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F