#E9CE59#E9CE59

#E9CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE59
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -3.96, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 60.22, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0152 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4812, 62.1903, 18.4254)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE59 #5974E9

analogous

#E98659 #E9CE59 #BCE959

triadic

#E9CE59 #59E9CE #CE59E9

tetradic

#E9CE59 #59E986 #5974E9 #E959BC

square

#E9CE59 #59E986 #5974E9 #E959BC

split-complementary

#E9CE59 #59BCE9 #8659E9

monochromatic

#B09417 #E2BE23 #E9CE59 #F0DE8F #F7EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E9CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE59

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE59	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8c',
    500: '#e9ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce59;
$custom-light: #f3dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85226,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE59

secondary

#354DB1

accent

#33D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE59

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

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