#E9CC5B#E9CC5B

#E9CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC5B
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -2.80, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 58.73, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0117 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0880, 61.2675, 18.7143)
Luminance	0.6127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC5B #5B78E9

analogous

#E9855B #E9CC5B #BFE95B

triadic

#E9CC5B #5BE9CC #CC5BE9

tetradic

#E9CC5B #5BE985 #5B78E9 #E95BBF

square

#E9CC5B #5BE985 #5B78E9 #E95BBF

split-complementary

#E9CC5B #5BBFE9 #855BE9

monochromatic

#B29218 #E2BB25 #E9CC5B #F0DD91 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E9CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC5B

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC5B	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8d',
    500: '#e9cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc5b;
$custom-light: #f3db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84843,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC5B

secondary

#364FB2

accent

#37D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC5B

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

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