#E9CE5B#E9CE5B

#E9CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE5B
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -3.83, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 59.36, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0146 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5664, 62.2243, 18.8738)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE5B #5B76E9

analogous

#E9875B #E9CE5B #BDE95B

triadic

#E9CE5B #5BE9CE #CE5BE9

tetradic

#E9CE5B #5BE987 #5B76E9 #E95BBD

square

#E9CE5B #5BE987 #5B76E9 #E95BBD

split-complementary

#E9CE5B #5BBDE9 #875BE9

monochromatic

#B29418 #E2BE25 #E9CE5B #F0DE91 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E9CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE5B

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE5B	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)

#E1CA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8e',
    500: '#e9ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce5b;
$custom-light: #f3dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85247,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE5B

secondary

#364EB2

accent

#34D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE5B

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

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