#E9CC55#E9CC55

#E9CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC55
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -3.19, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 61.31, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0135 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8394, 61.1681, 17.4053)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC55 #5572E9

analogous

#E98255 #E9CC55 #BCE955

triadic

#E9CC55 #55E9CC #CC55E9

tetradic

#E9CC55 #55E982 #5572E9 #E955BC

square

#E9CC55 #55E982 #5572E9 #E955BC

split-complementary

#E9CC55 #55BCE9 #8255E9

monochromatic

#AD9016 #E2BC1F #E9CC55 #F0DC8B #F7EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E9CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC55

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC55	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e9cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc55;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84784,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC55

secondary

#344CAE

accent

#34D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC55

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

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