#E9CD6E#E9CD6E

#E9CD6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.119 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD6E
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -1.90, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 50.42, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0069 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.119 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.2522, 62.1147, 23.6698)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD6E #6E8AE9

analogous

#E98F6E #E9CD6E #C8E96E

triadic

#E9CD6E #6EE9CD #CD6EE9

tetradic

#E9CD6E #6EE98F #6E8AE9 #E96EC8

square

#E9CD6E #6EE98F #6E8AE9 #E96EC8

split-complementary

#E9CD6E #6EC8E9 #8F6EE9

monochromatic

#C09B1D #E1BB39 #E9CD6E #F1DFA3 #F9F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E9CD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD6E

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD6E	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#DFCA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.119 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9a',
    500: '#e9cd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd6e;
$custom-light: #f2dc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85264,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD6E

secondary

#3D5ABE

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD6E

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

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