#E9CD78#E9CD78

#E9CD78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.110 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD78
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -1.03, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 45.68, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0033 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.11 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.8277, 62.3449, 26.7007)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD78 #7894E9

analogous

#E99578 #E9CD78 #CDE978

triadic

#E9CD78 #78E9CD #CD78E9

tetradic

#E9CD78 #78E995 #7894E9 #E978CD

square

#E9CD78 #78E995 #7894E9 #E978CD

split-complementary

#E9CD78 #78CDE9 #9578E9

monochromatic

#C69D20 #E0BA43 #E9CD78 #F2E0AD #FAF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E9CD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD78

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD78	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.110 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dca0',
    500: '#e9cd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd78;
$custom-light: #f2dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.854,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD78

secondary

#4463C1

accent

#42D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD78

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

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