#E9CE48#E9CE48

#E9CE48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.151 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE48
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -4.93, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 67.16, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0199 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.151 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8480, 61.9370, 15.0903)
Luminance	0.6193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE48 #4863E9

analogous

#E97E48 #E9CE48 #B3E948

triadic

#E9CE48 #48E9CE #CE48E9

tetradic

#E9CE48 #48E97E #4863E9 #E948B3

square

#E9CE48 #48E97E #4863E9 #E948B3

split-complementary

#E9CE48 #48B3E9 #7E48E9

monochromatic

#A38B14 #DABA1A #E9CE48 #F0DD7F #F6EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E9CE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE48

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE48	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.151 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc82',
    500: '#e9ce48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce48;
$custom-light: #f4dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.938,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85077,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE48

secondary

#3044A5

accent

#53F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE48

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

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