#E9CE4E#E9CE4E

#E9CE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.147 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE4E
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -4.62, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 64.81, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0184 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.147 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0534, 62.0191, 16.1720)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE4E #4E69E9

analogous

#E9804E #E9CE4E #B7E94E

triadic

#E9CE4E #4EE9CE #CE4EE9

tetradic

#E9CE4E #4EE980 #4E69E9 #E94EB7

square

#E9CE4E #4EE980 #4E69E9 #E94EB7

split-complementary

#E9CE4E #4EB7E9 #804EE9

monochromatic

#A88E15 #DEBC1C #E9CE4E #F0DD84 #F7ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E9CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE4E

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE4E	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.147 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc86',
    500: '#e9ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce4e;
$custom-light: #f4dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85125,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE4E

secondary

#3247A9

accent

#2FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE4E

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

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