#E9CC66#E9CC66

#E9CC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC66
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -2.02, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 53.81, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0081 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5977, 61.4714, 21.3991)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC66 #6683E9

analogous

#E98B66 #E9CC66 #C4E966

triadic

#E9CC66 #66E9CC #CC66E9

tetradic

#E9CC66 #66E98B #6683E9 #E966C4

square

#E9CC66 #66E98B #6683E9 #E966C4

split-complementary

#E9CC66 #66C4E9 #8B66E9

monochromatic

#BA971B #E1BA30 #E9CC66 #F1DE9C #F8F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E9CC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC66

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC66	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)

#DEC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db94',
    500: '#e9cc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc66;
$custom-light: #f3db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84964,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC66

secondary

#3A56B9

accent

#3BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC66

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

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