#E9CD4E#E9CD4E

#E9CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.146 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD4E
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -4.11, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 64.51, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0169 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.146 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8134, 61.5392, 16.0920)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD4E #4E6AE9

analogous

#E97F4E #E9CD4E #B7E94E

triadic

#E9CD4E #4EE9CD #CD4EE9

tetradic

#E9CD4E #4EE97F #4E6AE9 #E94EB7

square

#E9CD4E #4EE97F #4E6AE9 #E94EB7

split-complementary

#E9CD4E #4EB7E9 #7F4EE9

monochromatic

#A88D15 #DEBB1C #E9CD4E #F0DC84 #F7ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E9CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD4E

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD4E	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.146 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db86',
    500: '#e9cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd4e;
$custom-light: #f4db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84923,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD4E

secondary

#3247A9

accent

#31DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD4E

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

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