#E9CC60#E9CC60

#E9CC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.131 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC60
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -2.46, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 56.52, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0101 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.131 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3109, 61.3567, 19.8883)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC60 #607DE9

analogous

#E98760 #E9CC60 #C2E960

triadic

#E9CC60 #60E9CC #CC60E9

tetradic

#E9CC60 #60E987 #607DE9 #E960C2

square

#E9CC60 #60E987 #607DE9 #E960C2

split-complementary

#E9CC60 #60C2E9 #8760E9

monochromatic

#B59419 #E2BB2A #E9CC60 #F0DD96 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E9CC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC60

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC60	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)

#DFC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.131 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db91',
    500: '#e9cc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc60;
$custom-light: #f3db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84896,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC60

secondary

#3852B5

accent

#38D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC60

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

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