#E9CC69#E9CC69

#E9CC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.123 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC69
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -1.79, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 52.43, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0071 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.123 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7492, 61.5320, 22.1969)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC69 #6986E9

analogous

#E98C69 #E9CC69 #C6E969

triadic

#E9CC69 #69E9CC #CC69E9

tetradic

#E9CC69 #69E98C #6986E9 #E969C6

square

#E9CC69 #69E98C #6986E9 #E969C6

split-complementary

#E9CC69 #69C6E9 #8C69E9

monochromatic

#BC981C #E1BA34 #E9CC69 #F1DE9E #F9F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E9CC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC69

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC69	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.123 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db96',
    500: '#e9cc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc69;
$custom-light: #f3db96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC69

secondary

#3B58BB

accent

#3CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC69

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

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