#E9CC73#E9CC73

#E9CC73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.114 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC73
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -0.96, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 47.75, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0036 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.114 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2937, 61.7498, 25.0647)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC73 #7390E9

analogous

#E99173 #E9CC73 #CBE973

triadic

#E9CC73 #73E9CC #CC73E9

tetradic

#E9CC73 #73E991 #7390E9 #E973CB

square

#E9CC73 #73E991 #7390E9 #E973CB

split-complementary

#E9CC73 #73CBE9 #9173E9

monochromatic

#C39B1F #E1B93E #E9CC73 #F1DFA8 #FAF3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E9CC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC73

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC73	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.114 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db9d',
    500: '#e9cc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc73;
$custom-light: #f2db9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8513,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC73

secondary

#3F5FC1

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC73

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

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