#E9CD69#E9CD69

#E9CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.124 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD69
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -2.30, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 52.75, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0086 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.124 94)
XYZ	xyz(57.9877, 62.0089, 22.2763)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD69 #6985E9

analogous

#E98D69 #E9CD69 #C5E969

triadic

#E9CD69 #69E9CD #CD69E9

tetradic

#E9CD69 #69E98D #6985E9 #E969C5

square

#E9CD69 #69E98D #6985E9 #E969C5

split-complementary

#E9CD69 #69C5E9 #8D69E9

monochromatic

#BC991C #E1BB34 #E9CD69 #F1DF9E #F9F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E9CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD69

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD69	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.124 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc96',
    500: '#e9cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd69;
$custom-light: #f3dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85201,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.62006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD69

secondary

#3B57BB

accent

#3BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD69

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

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