#E9CE50#E9CE50

#E9CE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.145 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE50
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -4.50, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 64.00, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0178 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.145 97)
XYZ	xyz(57.1262, 62.0482, 16.5553)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE50 #506BE9

analogous

#E98250 #E9CE50 #B8E950

triadic

#E9CE50 #50E9CE #CE50E9

tetradic

#E9CE50 #50E982 #506BE9 #E950B8

square

#E9CE50 #50E982 #506BE9 #E950B8

split-complementary

#E9CE50 #50B8E9 #8250E9

monochromatic

#A98F15 #E0BD1C #E9CE50 #F0DD86 #F7ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E9CE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE50

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE50	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)

#E2C940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.145 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc87',
    500: '#e9ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce50;
$custom-light: #f4dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85143,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.62045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE50

secondary

#3248AB

accent

#30DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE50

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

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