#E9CD64#E9CD64

#E9CD64 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.128 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD64
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 100)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -2.68, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 55.04, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0103 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.128 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7382, 61.9091, 20.9625)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD64 #6480E9

analogous

#E98A64 #E9CD64 #C3E964

triadic

#E9CD64 #64E9CD #CD64E9

tetradic

#E9CD64 #64E98A #6480E9 #E964C3

square

#E9CD64 #64E98A #6480E9 #E964C3

split-complementary

#E9CD64 #64C3E9 #8A64E9

monochromatic

#B8971A #E1BC2E #E9CD64 #F1DE9A #F8F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E9CD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD64

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD64	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)

#DFC95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.128 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc93',
    500: '#e9cd64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd64;
$custom-light: #f3dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85142,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD64

secondary

#3954B8

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD64

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

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