#E9CC6B#E9CC6B

#E9CC6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC6B
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -1.63, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 51.51, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0064 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(57.8532, 61.5736, 22.7446)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC6B #6B88E9

analogous

#E98D6B #E9CC6B #C7E96B

triadic

#E9CC6B #6BE9CC #CC6BE9

tetradic

#E9CC6B #6BE98D #6B88E9 #E96BC7

square

#E9CC6B #6BE98D #6B88E9 #E96BC7

split-complementary

#E9CC6B #6BC7E9 #8D6BE9

monochromatic

#BD981C #E1BA36 #E9CC6B #F1DEA0 #F9F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E9CC6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC6B

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC6B	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)

#DEC962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db98',
    500: '#e9cc6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc6b;
$custom-light: #f3db98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85025,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.61571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC6B

secondary

#3C59BC

accent

#3DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC6B

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

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