#E9CC6C#E9CC6C

#E9CC6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.120 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC6C
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 108)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -1.55, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 51.04, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0061 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.12 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9061, 61.5948, 23.0233)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC6C #6C89E9

analogous

#E98E6C #E9CC6C #C8E96C

triadic

#E9CC6C #6CE9CC #CC6CE9

tetradic

#E9CC6C #6CE98E #6C89E9 #E96CC8

square

#E9CC6C #6CE98E #6C89E9 #E96CC8

split-complementary

#E9CC6C #6CC8E9 #8E6CE9

monochromatic

#BE991C #E1BA37 #E9CC6C #F1DEA1 #F9F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E9CC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC6C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC6C	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.120 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db98',
    500: '#e9cc6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc6c;
$custom-light: #f3db98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85038,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC6C

secondary

#3C5ABD

accent

#3ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC6C

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

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