#E9CC61#E9CC61

#E9CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.130 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC61
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -2.39, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 56.08, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0098 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.13 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3572, 61.3752, 20.1323)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC61 #617EE9

analogous

#E98861 #E9CC61 #C2E961

triadic

#E9CC61 #61E9CC #CC61E9

tetradic

#E9CC61 #61E988 #617EE9 #E961C2

square

#E9CC61 #61E988 #617EE9 #E961C2

split-complementary

#E9CC61 #61C2E9 #8861E9

monochromatic

#B69519 #E2BB2B #E9CC61 #F0DD97 #F8EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E9CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC61

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC61	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)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.130 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db91',
    500: '#e9cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc61;
$custom-light: #f3db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84907,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC61

secondary

#3853B6

accent

#39D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC61

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

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