#E9CC5F#E9CC5F

#E9CC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.132 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC5F
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -2.53, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 56.97, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0104 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.132 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2651, 61.3384, 19.6474)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC5F #5F7CE9

analogous

#E9875F #E9CC5F #C1E95F

triadic

#E9CC5F #5FE9CC #CC5FE9

tetradic

#E9CC5F #5FE987 #5F7CE9 #E95FC1

square

#E9CC5F #5FE987 #5F7CE9 #E95FC1

split-complementary

#E9CC5F #5FC1E9 #875FE9

monochromatic

#B59419 #E2BB29 #E9CC5F #F0DD95 #F8EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E9CC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC5F

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC5F	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.132 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db90',
    500: '#e9cc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc5f;
$custom-light: #f3db90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84885,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC5F

secondary

#3752B5

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC5F

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

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