#E9CD5B#E9CD5B

#E9CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD5B
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -3.31, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 59.04, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0131 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3264, 61.7444, 18.7938)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD5B #5B77E9

analogous

#E9865B #E9CD5B #BEE95B

triadic

#E9CD5B #5BE9CD #CD5BE9

tetradic

#E9CD5B #5BE986 #5B77E9 #E95BBE

square

#E9CD5B #5BE986 #5B77E9 #E95BBE

split-complementary

#E9CD5B #5BBEE9 #865BE9

monochromatic

#B29318 #E2BD25 #E9CD5B #F0DD91 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E9CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD5B

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD5B	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8d',
    500: '#e9cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd5b;
$custom-light: #f3db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85045,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD5B

secondary

#364FB2

accent

#35D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD5B

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

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