#E9CC65#E9CC65

#E9CC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.127 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC65
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -2.10, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 54.27, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0085 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.127 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5484, 61.4517, 21.1395)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC65 #6582E9

analogous

#E98A65 #E9CC65 #C4E965

triadic

#E9CC65 #65E9CC #CC65E9

tetradic

#E9CC65 #65E98A #6582E9 #E965C4

square

#E9CC65 #65E98A #6582E9 #E965C4

split-complementary

#E9CC65 #65C4E9 #8A65E9

monochromatic

#B9961A #E1BA2F #E9CC65 #F1DE9B #F8EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E9CC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC65

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC65	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.127 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db94',
    500: '#e9cc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc65;
$custom-light: #f3db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84953,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC65

secondary

#3A55B9

accent

#3AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC65

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

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