#E9CD65#E9CD65

#E9CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD65
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -2.61, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 54.58, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0099 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.128 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7869, 61.9286, 21.2190)
Luminance	0.6193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD65 #6581E9

analogous

#E98B65 #E9CD65 #C3E965

triadic

#E9CD65 #65E9CD #CD65E9

tetradic

#E9CD65 #65E98B #6581E9 #E965C3

square

#E9CD65 #65E98B #6581E9 #E965C3

split-complementary

#E9CD65 #65C3E9 #8B65E9

monochromatic

#B9971A #E1BC2F #E9CD65 #F1DE9B #F8F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E9CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD65

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD65	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.128 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc94',
    500: '#e9cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd65;
$custom-light: #f3dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85154,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD65

secondary

#3A54B9

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD65

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

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