#E9CC70#E9CC70

#E9CC70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.117 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC70
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -1.22, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 49.17, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0047 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.117 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1239, 61.6819, 24.1703)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC70 #708DE9

analogous

#E99070 #E9CC70 #C9E970

triadic

#E9CC70 #70E9CC #CC70E9

tetradic

#E9CC70 #70E990 #708DE9 #E970C9

square

#E9CC70 #70E990 #708DE9 #E970C9

split-complementary

#E9CC70 #70C9E9 #9070E9

monochromatic

#C19A1E #E1B93B #E9CC70 #F1DFA5 #F9F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CC70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E9CC70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC70

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC70	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.117 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db9b',
    500: '#e9cc70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc70;
$custom-light: #f2db9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8509,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC70

secondary

#3E5DC0

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC70

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

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