#E9CD57#E9CD57

#E9CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD57
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -3.57, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 60.77, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0143 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.139 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1584, 61.6772, 17.9091)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD57 #5773E9

analogous

#E98457 #E9CD57 #BCE957

triadic

#E9CD57 #57E9CD #CD57E9

tetradic

#E9CD57 #57E984 #5773E9 #E957BC

square

#E9CD57 #57E984 #5773E9 #E957BC

split-complementary

#E9CD57 #57BCE9 #8457E9

monochromatic

#AF9217 #E2BD21 #E9CD57 #F0DD8D #F7EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E9CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD57

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD57	1.00	1.57	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.57	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)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8b',
    500: '#e9cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd57;
$custom-light: #f3db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85005,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD57

secondary

#354CAF

accent

#34D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD57

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

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