#E9CE54#E9CE54

#E9CE54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.142 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE54
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -4.27, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 62.34, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0167 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.142 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2784, 62.1091, 17.3570)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE54 #546FE9

analogous

#E98454 #E9CE54 #B9E954

triadic

#E9CE54 #54E9CE #CE54E9

tetradic

#E9CE54 #54E984 #546FE9 #E954B9

square

#E9CE54 #54E984 #546FE9 #E954B9

split-complementary

#E9CE54 #54B9E9 #8454E9

monochromatic

#AC9116 #E2BE1E #E9CE54 #F0DE8A #F7EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E9CE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE54

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE54	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#E1CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.142 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc89',
    500: '#e9ce54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce54;
$custom-light: #f3dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85179,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE54

secondary

#344AAD

accent

#31D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE54

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

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