#E9CE57#E9CE57

#E9CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE57
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -4.08, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 61.08, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0158 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3984, 62.1571, 17.9891)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE57 #5772E9

analogous

#E98557 #E9CE57 #BBE957

triadic

#E9CE57 #57E9CE #CE57E9

tetradic

#E9CE57 #57E985 #5772E9 #E957BB

square

#E9CE57 #57E985 #5772E9 #E957BB

split-complementary

#E9CE57 #57BBE9 #8557E9

monochromatic

#AF9317 #E2BE21 #E9CE57 #F0DE8D #F7EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E9CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE57

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE57	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)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8b',
    500: '#e9ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce57;
$custom-light: #f3dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85207,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE57

secondary

#354BAF

accent

#32D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE57

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

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