#E9CE53#E9CE53

#E9CE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE53
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -4.33, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 62.76, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.017 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2395, 62.0936, 17.1522)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE53 #536EE9

analogous

#E98353 #E9CE53 #B9E953

triadic

#E9CE53 #53E9CE #CE53E9

tetradic

#E9CE53 #53E983 #536EE9 #E953B9

square

#E9CE53 #53E983 #536EE9 #E953B9

split-complementary

#E9CE53 #53B9E9 #8353E9

monochromatic

#AC9116 #E2BE1D #E9CE53 #F0DD89 #F7EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E9CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE53

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE53	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)

#E1C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc89',
    500: '#e9ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce53;
$custom-light: #f3dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85169,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE53

secondary

#3349AD

accent

#31DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE53

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

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