#E9CC6F#E9CC6F

#E9CC6F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.118 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC6F
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -1.30, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 49.64, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.005 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.118 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0685, 61.6597, 23.8787)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC6F #6F8CE9

analogous

#E98F6F #E9CC6F #C9E96F

triadic

#E9CC6F #6FE9CC #CC6FE9

tetradic

#E9CC6F #6FE98F #6F8CE9 #E96FC9

square

#E9CC6F #6FE98F #6F8CE9 #E96FC9

split-complementary

#E9CC6F #6FC9E9 #8F6FE9

monochromatic

#C09A1D #E1B93A #E9CC6F #F1DFA4 #F9F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CC6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E9CC6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC6F

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC6F	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.118 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db9a',
    500: '#e9cc6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc6f;
$custom-light: #f2db9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85076,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC6F

secondary

#3D5CBF

accent

#3FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC6F

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

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