#E9CC46#E9CC46

#E9CC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.151 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC46
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -4.01, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 67.35, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0175 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.151 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3054, 60.9545, 14.5928)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC46 #4663E9

analogous

#E97B46 #E9CC46 #B5E946

triadic

#E9CC46 #46E9CC #CC46E9

tetradic

#E9CC46 #46E97B #4663E9 #E946B5

square

#E9CC46 #46E97B #4663E9 #E946B5

split-complementary

#E9CC46 #46B5E9 #7B46E9

monochromatic

#A18813 #D8B61A #E9CC46 #F0DB7D #F6EAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E9CC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC46

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC46	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.151 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db81',
    500: '#e9cc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc46;
$custom-light: #f4db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.325,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84656,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC46

secondary

#2F44A4

accent

#55F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC46

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

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