#E9CD73#E9CD73

#E9CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.114 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD73
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -1.48, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 48.07, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0051 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.114 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.5322, 62.2267, 25.1442)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD73 #738FE9

analogous

#E99273 #E9CD73 #CAE973

triadic

#E9CD73 #73E9CD #CD73E9

tetradic

#E9CD73 #73E992 #738FE9 #E973CA

square

#E9CD73 #73E992 #738FE9 #E973CA

split-complementary

#E9CD73 #73CAE9 #9273E9

monochromatic

#C39C1F #E1BA3E #E9CD73 #F1E0A8 #FAF3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E9CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD73

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD73	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)

#DECA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.114 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9d',
    500: '#e9cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd73;
$custom-light: #f2dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8533,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD73

secondary

#3F5EC1

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD73

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

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