#E9CC4F#E9CC4F

#E9CC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.145 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC4F
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -3.54, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 63.80, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0152 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.145 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.6111, 61.0767, 16.2027)
Luminance	0.6107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC4F #4F6CE9

analogous

#E97F4F #E9CC4F #B9E94F

triadic

#E9CC4F #4FE9CC #CC4FE9

tetradic

#E9CC4F #4FE97F #4F6CE9 #E94FB9

square

#E9CC4F #4FE97F #4F6CE9 #E94FB9

split-complementary

#E9CC4F #4FB9E9 #7F4FE9

monochromatic

#A98D15 #DFBA1C #E9CC4F #F0DC85 #F7ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E9CC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC4F

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC4F	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)

#E0C83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.145 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db86',
    500: '#e9cc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc4f;
$custom-light: #f4db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84729,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.61074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC4F

secondary

#3249AA

accent

#32DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC4F

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

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