#E9CD75#E9CD75

#E9CD75 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.113 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD75
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 117)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 49.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -1.30, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 47.12, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0044 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.113 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6485, 62.2732, 25.7568)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD75 #7591E9

analogous

#E99375 #E9CD75 #CBE975

triadic

#E9CD75 #75E9CD #CD75E9

tetradic

#E9CD75 #75E993 #7591E9 #E975CB

square

#E9CD75 #75E993 #7591E9 #E975CB

split-complementary

#E9CD75 #75CBE9 #9375E9

monochromatic

#C49C1F #E1BA40 #E9CD75 #F1E0AA #FAF3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E9CD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD75

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD75	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.113 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9e',
    500: '#e9cd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd75;
$custom-light: #f2dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85358,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD75

secondary

#4160C1

accent

#40D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD75

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

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