#E9CE49#E9CE49

#E9CE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.150 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE49
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -4.88, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 66.78, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0197 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.15 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8809, 61.9501, 15.2635)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE49 #4964E9

analogous

#E97E49 #E9CE49 #B4E949

triadic

#E9CE49 #49E9CE #CE49E9

tetradic

#E9CE49 #49E97E #4964E9 #E949B4

square

#E9CE49 #49E97E #4964E9 #E949B4

split-complementary

#E9CE49 #49B4E9 #7E49E9

monochromatic

#A48B14 #DABA1A #E9CE49 #F0DD80 #F6EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E9CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE49

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE49	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)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.150 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc83',
    500: '#e9ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce49;
$custom-light: #f4dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.875,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85085,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE49

secondary

#3044A6

accent

#54F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE49

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

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