#E9CD4F#E9CD4F

#E9CD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.145 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD4F
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -4.05, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 64.10, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0166 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.145 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8495, 61.5536, 16.2822)
Luminance	0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD4F #4F6BE9

analogous

#E9804F #E9CD4F #B8E94F

triadic

#E9CD4F #4FE9CD #CD4FE9

tetradic

#E9CD4F #4FE980 #4F6BE9 #E94FB8

square

#E9CD4F #4FE980 #4F6BE9 #E94FB8

split-complementary

#E9CD4F #4FB8E9 #804FE9

monochromatic

#A98E15 #DFBB1C #E9CD4F #F0DC85 #F7ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E9CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD4F

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD4F	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)

#E1C93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.145 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db86',
    500: '#e9cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd4f;
$custom-light: #f4db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84931,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD4F

secondary

#3248AA

accent

#31DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD4F

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

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