#E9CD52#E9CD52

#E9CD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD52
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -3.88, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 62.87, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0158 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9612, 61.5983, 16.8703)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD52 #526EE9

analogous

#E98252 #E9CD52 #BAE952

triadic

#E9CD52 #52E9CD #CD52E9

tetradic

#E9CD52 #52E982 #526EE9 #E952BA

square

#E9CD52 #52E982 #526EE9 #E952BA

split-complementary

#E9CD52 #52BAE9 #8252E9

monochromatic

#AB8F16 #E1BD1D #E9CD52 #F0DD88 #F7ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E9CD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD52

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD52	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db88',
    500: '#e9cd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd52;
$custom-light: #f4db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84958,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD52

secondary

#334AAC

accent

#32DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD52

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

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