#E9CC62#E9CC62

#E9CC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.129 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC62
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -2.32, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 55.63, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0094 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.129 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4041, 61.3940, 20.3795)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC62 #627FE9

analogous

#E98862 #E9CC62 #C3E962

triadic

#E9CC62 #62E9CC #CC62E9

tetradic

#E9CC62 #62E988 #627FE9 #E962C3

square

#E9CC62 #62E988 #627FE9 #E962C3

split-complementary

#E9CC62 #62C3E9 #8862E9

monochromatic

#B7951A #E1BB2C #E9CC62 #F1DD98 #F8EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E9CC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC62

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC62	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.129 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db92',
    500: '#e9cc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc62;
$custom-light: #f3db92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84918,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC62

secondary

#3854B7

accent

#39D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC62

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

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