#E9CC56#E9CC56

#E9CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC56
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -3.12, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 60.89, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0132 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8794, 61.1841, 17.6160)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC56 #5673E9

analogous

#E98256 #E9CC56 #BDE956

triadic

#E9CC56 #56E9CC #CC56E9

tetradic

#E9CC56 #56E982 #5673E9 #E956BD

square

#E9CC56 #56E982 #5673E9 #E956BD

split-complementary

#E9CC56 #56BDE9 #8256E9

monochromatic

#AE9017 #E2BC20 #E9CC56 #F0DC8C #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E9CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC56

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC56	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e9cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc56;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84793,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC56

secondary

#344DAF

accent

#35D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC56

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

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