#E9CD5E#E9CD5E

#E9CD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.134 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD5E
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -3.11, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 57.73, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0122 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.134 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4584, 61.7972, 19.4890)
Luminance	0.6179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD5E #5E7AE9

analogous

#E9885E #E9CD5E #BFE95E

triadic

#E9CD5E #5EE9CD #CD5EE9

tetradic

#E9CD5E #5EE988 #5E7AE9 #E95EBF

square

#E9CD5E #5EE988 #5E7AE9 #E95EBF

split-complementary

#E9CD5E #5EBFE9 #885EE9

monochromatic

#B49519 #E2BC28 #E9CD5E #F0DE94 #F8EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E9CD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD5E

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD5E	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.134 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8f',
    500: '#e9cd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd5e;
$custom-light: #f3dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85076,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD5E

secondary

#3750B4

accent

#36D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD5E

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

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