#E9CE4F#E9CE4F

#E9CE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.146 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE4F
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -4.56, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 64.40, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0181 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0895, 62.0336, 16.3622)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE4F #4F6AE9

analogous

#E9814F #E9CE4F #B7E94F

triadic

#E9CE4F #4FE9CE #CE4FE9

tetradic

#E9CE4F #4FE981 #4F6AE9 #E94FB7

square

#E9CE4F #4FE981 #4F6AE9 #E94FB7

split-complementary

#E9CE4F #4FB7E9 #814FE9

monochromatic

#A98F15 #DFBD1C #E9CE4F #F0DD85 #F7ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E9CE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE4F

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE4F	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc86',
    500: '#e9ce4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce4f;
$custom-light: #f4dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85134,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE4F

secondary

#3247AA

accent

#30DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE4F

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

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