#E9CD56#E9CD56

#E9CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD56
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -3.64, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 61.19, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0146 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(57.1179, 61.6610, 17.6955)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD56 #5672E9

analogous

#E98356 #E9CD56 #BCE956

triadic

#E9CD56 #56E9CD #CD56E9

tetradic

#E9CD56 #56E983 #5672E9 #E956BC

square

#E9CD56 #56E983 #5672E9 #E956BC

split-complementary

#E9CD56 #56BCE9 #8356E9

monochromatic

#AE9117 #E2BD20 #E9CD56 #F0DD8C #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E9CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD56

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD56	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e9cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd56;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84995,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.61658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD56

secondary

#344CAF

accent

#33D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD56

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

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