#E9CC58#E9CC58

#E9CC58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC58
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -3.00, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 60.03, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0126 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9611, 61.2168, 18.0463)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC58 #5875E9

analogous

#E98358 #E9CC58 #BDE958

triadic

#E9CC58 #58E9CC #CC58E9

tetradic

#E9CC58 #58E983 #5875E9 #E958BD

square

#E9CC58 #58E983 #5875E9 #E958BD

split-complementary

#E9CC58 #58BDE9 #8358E9

monochromatic

#AF9117 #E2BB22 #E9CC58 #F0DD8E #F7EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E9CC58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC58

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC58	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)

#DFC84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8c',
    500: '#e9cc58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc58;
$custom-light: #f3db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84813,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC58

secondary

#354EB0

accent

#35D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC58

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

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