#E9CD47#E9CD47

#E9CD47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.151 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD47
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -4.47, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 67.25, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0187 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.151 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5757, 61.4441, 14.8399)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD47 #4763E9

analogous

#E97C47 #E9CD47 #B4E947

triadic

#E9CD47 #47E9CD #CD47E9

tetradic

#E9CD47 #47E97C #4763E9 #E947B4

square

#E9CD47 #47E97C #4763E9 #E947B4

split-complementary

#E9CD47 #47B4E9 #7C47E9

monochromatic

#A28A13 #D9B81A #E9CD47 #F0DC7E #F6EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E9CD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD47

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD47	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.151 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db82',
    500: '#e9cd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd47;
$custom-light: #f4db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 78.641,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84866,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD47

secondary

#3044A5

accent

#54F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD47

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

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