#E9CD63#E9CD63

#E9CD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.129 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD63
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -2.76, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 55.49, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0106 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.129 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6901, 61.8898, 20.7092)
Luminance	0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD63 #637FE9

analogous

#E98A63 #E9CD63 #C2E963

triadic

#E9CD63 #63E9CD #CD63E9

tetradic

#E9CD63 #63E98A #637FE9 #E963C2

square

#E9CD63 #63E98A #637FE9 #E963C2

split-complementary

#E9CD63 #63C2E9 #8A63E9

monochromatic

#B8971A #E1BC2D #E9CD63 #F1DE99 #F8EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E9CD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD63

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD63	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.129 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc93',
    500: '#e9cd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd63;
$custom-light: #f3dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85131,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD63

secondary

#3953B7

accent

#38D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD63

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

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