#E9CC5E#E9CC5E

#E9CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC5E
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -2.60, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 57.41, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0107 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2200, 61.3203, 19.4095)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC5E #5E7BE9

analogous

#E9875E #E9CC5E #C1E95E

triadic

#E9CC5E #5EE9CC #CC5EE9

tetradic

#E9CC5E #5EE987 #5E7BE9 #E95EC1

square

#E9CC5E #5EE987 #5E7BE9 #E95EC1

split-complementary

#E9CC5E #5EC1E9 #875EE9

monochromatic

#B49419 #E2BB28 #E9CC5E #F0DD94 #F8EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E9CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC5E

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC5E	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)

#DFC853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8f',
    500: '#e9cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc5e;
$custom-light: #f3db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84874,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC5E

secondary

#3751B4

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC5E

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

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