#E9CC72#E9CC72

#E9CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.115 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC72
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -1.05, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 48.22, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.004 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.115 92)
XYZ	xyz(58.2365, 61.7269, 24.7633)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC72 #728FE9

analogous

#E99072 #E9CC72 #CAE972

triadic

#E9CC72 #72E9CC #CC72E9

tetradic

#E9CC72 #72E990 #728FE9 #E972CA

square

#E9CC72 #72E990 #728FE9 #E972CA

split-complementary

#E9CC72 #72CAE9 #9072E9

monochromatic

#C29A1E #E1B93D #E9CC72 #F1DFA7 #FAF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E9CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC72

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC72	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)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.115 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db9c',
    500: '#e9cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc72;
$custom-light: #f2db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85116,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.61724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC72

secondary

#3E5EC1

accent

#40D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC72

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

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