#E9CD71#E9CD71

#E9CD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.116 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD71
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 113)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -1.65, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 49.01, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0058 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.116 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4183, 62.1811, 24.5446)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD71 #718DE9

analogous

#E99171 #E9CD71 #C9E971

triadic

#E9CD71 #71E9CD #CD71E9

tetradic

#E9CD71 #71E991 #718DE9 #E971C9

square

#E9CD71 #71E991 #718DE9 #E971C9

split-complementary

#E9CD71 #71C9E9 #9171E9

monochromatic

#C29B1E #E1BA3C #E9CD71 #F1E0A6 #F9F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E9CD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD71

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD71	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.116 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9c',
    500: '#e9cd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd71;
$custom-light: #f2dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85303,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD71

secondary

#3E5CC0

accent

#3ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD71

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

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