#E9CD58#E9CD58

#E9CD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD58
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -3.51, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 60.34, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.014 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1996, 61.6936, 18.1258)
Luminance	0.6169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD58 #5874E9

analogous

#E98458 #E9CD58 #BCE958

triadic

#E9CD58 #58E9CD #CD58E9

tetradic

#E9CD58 #58E984 #5874E9 #E958BC

square

#E9CD58 #58E984 #5874E9 #E958BC

split-complementary

#E9CD58 #58BCE9 #8458E9

monochromatic

#AF9217 #E2BD22 #E9CD58 #F0DD8E #F7EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E9CD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD58

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD58	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8c',
    500: '#e9cd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd58;
$custom-light: #f3db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85015,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD58

secondary

#354DB0

accent

#34D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD58

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

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