#E9CD5F#E9CD5F

#E9CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD5F
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -3.04, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 57.28, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0119 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5036, 61.8152, 19.7269)
Luminance	0.6181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD5F #5F7BE9

analogous

#E9885F #E9CD5F #C0E95F

triadic

#E9CD5F #5FE9CD #CD5FE9

tetradic

#E9CD5F #5FE988 #5F7BE9 #E95FC0

square

#E9CD5F #5FE988 #5F7BE9 #E95FC0

split-complementary

#E9CD5F #5FC0E9 #885FE9

monochromatic

#B59519 #E2BC29 #E9CD5F #F0DE95 #F8EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E9CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD5F

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD5F	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)

#E0C954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc90',
    500: '#e9cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd5f;
$custom-light: #f3dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85087,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD5F

secondary

#3751B5

accent

#37D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD5F

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

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