#E9CE52#E9CE52

#E9CE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.144 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE52
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -4.39, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 63.18, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0173 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.144 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2012, 62.0782, 16.9503)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE52 #526DE9

analogous

#E98352 #E9CE52 #B8E952

triadic

#E9CE52 #52E9CE #CE52E9

tetradic

#E9CE52 #52E983 #526DE9 #E952B8

square

#E9CE52 #52E983 #526DE9 #E952B8

split-complementary

#E9CE52 #52B8E9 #8352E9

monochromatic

#AB9016 #E1BE1D #E9CE52 #F0DD88 #F7EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E9CE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE52

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE52	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.144 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc88',
    500: '#e9ce52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce52;
$custom-light: #f4dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8516,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE52

secondary

#3349AC

accent

#31DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE52

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

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