#E9CD76#E9CD76

#E9CD76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.112 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD76
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 118)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -1.21, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 46.64, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.004 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.112 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7076, 62.2969, 26.0681)
Luminance	0.6229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD76 #7692E9

analogous

#E99476 #E9CD76 #CCE976

triadic

#E9CD76 #76E9CD #CD76E9

tetradic

#E9CD76 #76E994 #7692E9 #E976CC

square

#E9CD76 #76E994 #7692E9 #E976CC

split-complementary

#E9CD76 #76CCE9 #9476E9

monochromatic

#C59D20 #E1BA41 #E9CD76 #F1E0AB #FAF3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#E9CD76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD76

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD76	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.112 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9f',
    500: '#e9cd76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd76;
$custom-light: #f2dc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85372,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD76

secondary

#4261C1

accent

#41D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD76

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

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