#E9CD72#E9CD72

#E9CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.115 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD72
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -1.56, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 48.54, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0054 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.115 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4749, 62.2038, 24.8427)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD72 #728EE9

analogous

#E99172 #E9CD72 #CAE972

triadic

#E9CD72 #72E9CD #CD72E9

tetradic

#E9CD72 #72E991 #728EE9 #E972CA

square

#E9CD72 #72E991 #728EE9 #E972CA

split-complementary

#E9CD72 #72CAE9 #9172E9

monochromatic

#C29C1E #E1BA3D #E9CD72 #F1E0A7 #FAF3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E9CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD72

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD72	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)

#DECA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.115 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9c',
    500: '#e9cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd72;
$custom-light: #f2dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85317,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD72

secondary

#3E5DC1

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD72

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

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