#E9CC5C#E9CC5C

#E9CC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.135 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC5C
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -2.73, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 58.30, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0114 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.135 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1314, 61.2849, 18.9430)
Luminance	0.6128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC5C #5C79E9

analogous

#E9855C #E9CC5C #BFE95C

triadic

#E9CC5C #5CE9CC #CC5CE9

tetradic

#E9CC5C #5CE985 #5C79E9 #E95CBF

square

#E9CC5C #5CE985 #5C79E9 #E95CBF

split-complementary

#E9CC5C #5CBFE9 #855CE9

monochromatic

#B39318 #E2BB26 #E9CC5C #F0DD92 #F8EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E9CC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC5C

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC5C	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.135 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8e',
    500: '#e9cc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc5c;
$custom-light: #f3db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84853,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC5C

secondary

#3650B3

accent

#37D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC5C

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

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