#E9CC52#E9CC52

#E9CC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.142 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC52
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -3.37, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 62.57, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0143 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.142 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7228, 61.1214, 16.7909)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC52 #526FE9

analogous

#E98152 #E9CC52 #BBE952

triadic

#E9CC52 #52E9CC #CC52E9

tetradic

#E9CC52 #52E981 #526FE9 #E952BB

square

#E9CC52 #52E981 #526FE9 #E952BB

split-complementary

#E9CC52 #52BBE9 #8152E9

monochromatic

#AB8E16 #E1BB1D #E9CC52 #F0DC88 #F7ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E9CC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC52

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC52	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.142 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db88',
    500: '#e9cc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc52;
$custom-light: #f4db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84756,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC52

secondary

#334AAC

accent

#33DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC52

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

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