#E9CD61#E9CD61

#E9CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.131 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD61
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -2.90, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 56.39, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0112 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.131 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5957, 61.8521, 20.2118)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD61 #617DE9

analogous

#E98961 #E9CD61 #C1E961

triadic

#E9CD61 #61E9CD #CD61E9

tetradic

#E9CD61 #61E989 #617DE9 #E961C1

square

#E9CD61 #61E989 #617DE9 #E961C1

split-complementary

#E9CD61 #61C1E9 #8961E9

monochromatic

#B69619 #E2BC2B #E9CD61 #F0DE97 #F8EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E9CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD61

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD61	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.131 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc91',
    500: '#e9cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd61;
$custom-light: #f3dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85108,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD61

secondary

#3852B6

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD61

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

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