#E9CE55#E9CE55

#E9CE55 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	#E9CE55
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -4.21, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 61.92, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0164 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.142 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3178, 62.1249, 17.5647)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE55 #5570E9

analogous

#E98455 #E9CE55 #BAE955

triadic

#E9CE55 #55E9CE #CE55E9

tetradic

#E9CE55 #55E984 #5570E9 #E955BA

square

#E9CE55 #55E984 #5570E9 #E955BA

split-complementary

#E9CE55 #55BAE9 #8455E9

monochromatic

#AD9216 #E2BE1F #E9CE55 #F0DE8B #F7EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E9CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE55

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE55	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)

#E1CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.142 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8a',
    500: '#e9ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce55;
$custom-light: #f3dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85188,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE55

secondary

#344AAE

accent

#32D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE55

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

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