#E9CE5C#E9CE5C

#E9CE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE5C
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -3.76, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 58.92, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0143 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(57.6098, 62.2417, 19.1025)
Luminance	0.6224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE5C #5C77E9

analogous

#E9875C #E9CE5C #BDE95C

triadic

#E9CE5C #5CE9CE #CE5CE9

tetradic

#E9CE5C #5CE987 #5C77E9 #E95CBD

square

#E9CE5C #5CE987 #5C77E9 #E95CBD

split-complementary

#E9CE5C #5CBDE9 #875CE9

monochromatic

#B39518 #E2BE26 #E9CE5C #F0DE92 #F8EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E9CE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE5C

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE5C	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8e',
    500: '#e9ce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce5c;
$custom-light: #f3dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85257,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.62239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE5C

secondary

#364EB3

accent

#34D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE5C

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

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