#E9CD5C#E9CD5C

#E9CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD5C
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -3.25, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 58.61, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0128 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3698, 61.7617, 19.0225)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD5C #5C78E9

analogous

#E9865C #E9CD5C #BEE95C

triadic

#E9CD5C #5CE9CD #CD5CE9

tetradic

#E9CD5C #5CE986 #5C78E9 #E95CBE

square

#E9CD5C #5CE986 #5C78E9 #E95CBE

split-complementary

#E9CD5C #5CBEE9 #865CE9

monochromatic

#B39418 #E2BC26 #E9CD5C #F0DE92 #F8EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E9CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD5C

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD5C	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)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8e',
    500: '#e9cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd5c;
$custom-light: #f3dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85055,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD5C

secondary

#364FB3

accent

#35D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD5C

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

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