#E9CD62#E9CD62

#E9CD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.130 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD62
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -2.83, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 55.94, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0109 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.13 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6426, 61.8708, 20.4589)
Luminance	0.6187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD62 #627EE9

analogous

#E98A62 #E9CD62 #C1E962

triadic

#E9CD62 #62E9CD #CD62E9

tetradic

#E9CD62 #62E98A #627EE9 #E962C1

square

#E9CD62 #62E98A #627EE9 #E962C1

split-complementary

#E9CD62 #62C1E9 #8A62E9

monochromatic

#B7961A #E1BC2C #E9CD62 #F1DE98 #F8EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E9CD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD62

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD62	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)

#E0C957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.130 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc92',
    500: '#e9cd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd62;
$custom-light: #f3dc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8512,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD62

secondary

#3853B7

accent

#38D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD62

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

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