#E9CE56#E9CE56

#E9CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.141 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE56
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -4.15, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 61.50, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0161 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.141 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3578, 62.1409, 17.7755)
Luminance	0.6214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE56 #5671E9

analogous

#E98556 #E9CE56 #BAE956

triadic

#E9CE56 #56E9CE #CE56E9

tetradic

#E9CE56 #56E985 #5671E9 #E956BA

square

#E9CE56 #56E985 #5671E9 #E956BA

split-complementary

#E9CE56 #56BAE9 #8556E9

monochromatic

#AE9217 #E2BE20 #E9CE56 #F0DE8C #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E9CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE56

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE56	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.141 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8a',
    500: '#e9ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce56;
$custom-light: #f3dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85197,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE56

secondary

#344BAF

accent

#32D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE56

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

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