#E9CD6D#E9CD6D

#E9CD6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD6D
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -1.98, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 50.89, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0072 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.12 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1981, 62.0930, 23.3847)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD6D #6D89E9

analogous

#E98F6D #E9CD6D #C7E96D

triadic

#E9CD6D #6DE9CD #CD6DE9

tetradic

#E9CD6D #6DE98F #6D89E9 #E96DC7

square

#E9CD6D #6DE98F #6D89E9 #E96DC7

split-complementary

#E9CD6D #6DC7E9 #8F6DE9

monochromatic

#BF9A1D #E1BB38 #E9CD6D #F1DFA2 #F9F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E9CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD6D

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD6D	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.120 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc99',
    500: '#e9cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd6d;
$custom-light: #f2dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85251,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD6D

secondary

#3C5ABE

accent

#3CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD6D

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

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