#E9CC59#E9CC59

#E9CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC59
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -2.93, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 59.60, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0123 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0028, 61.2334, 18.2660)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC59 #5976E9

analogous

#E98459 #E9CC59 #BEE959

triadic

#E9CC59 #59E9CC #CC59E9

tetradic

#E9CC59 #59E984 #5976E9 #E959BE

square

#E9CC59 #59E984 #5976E9 #E959BE

split-complementary

#E9CC59 #59BEE9 #8459E9

monochromatic

#B09117 #E2BB23 #E9CC59 #F0DD8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E9CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E9CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC59

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC59	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8c',
    500: '#e9cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc59;
$custom-light: #f3db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84823,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC59

secondary

#354EB1

accent

#36D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC59

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

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