#E9CC48#E9CC48

#E9CC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.149 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC48
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -3.91, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 66.58, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.017 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.149 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3696, 60.9801, 14.9308)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC48 #4865E9

analogous

#E97C48 #E9CC48 #B5E948

triadic

#E9CC48 #48E9CC #CC48E9

tetradic

#E9CC48 #48E97C #4865E9 #E948B5

square

#E9CC48 #48E97C #4865E9 #E948B5

split-complementary

#E9CC48 #48B5E9 #7C48E9

monochromatic

#A38914 #DAB71A #E9CC48 #F0DB7F #F6EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E9CC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC48

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC48	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)

#E0C835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.149 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db82',
    500: '#e9cc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc48;
$custom-light: #f4db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.193,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84671,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC48

secondary

#3045A5

accent

#56F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC48

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

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