#E9CD6A#E9CD6A

#E9CD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.123 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD6A
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -2.22, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 52.29, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0082 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.123 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0393, 62.0296, 22.5486)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD6A #6A86E9

analogous

#E98E6A #E9CD6A #C5E96A

triadic

#E9CD6A #6AE9CD #CD6AE9

tetradic

#E9CD6A #6AE98E #6A86E9 #E96AC5

square

#E9CD6A #6AE98E #6A86E9 #E96AC5

split-complementary

#E9CD6A #6AC5E9 #8E6AE9

monochromatic

#BD991C #E1BB35 #E9CD6A #F1DF9F #F9F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E9CD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD6A

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD6A	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.123 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc97',
    500: '#e9cd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd6a;
$custom-light: #f3dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85214,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD6A

secondary

#3B58BC

accent

#3BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD6A

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

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