#E9CE5F#E9CE5F

#E9CE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.134 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE5F
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -3.55, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 57.60, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0134 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.134 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7435, 62.2952, 19.8069)
Luminance	0.6229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE5F #5F7AE9

analogous

#E9895F #E9CE5F #BFE95F

triadic

#E9CE5F #5FE9CE #CE5FE9

tetradic

#E9CE5F #5FE989 #5F7AE9 #E95FBF

square

#E9CE5F #5FE989 #5F7AE9 #E95FBF

split-complementary

#E9CE5F #5FBFE9 #895FE9

monochromatic

#B59619 #E2BE29 #E9CE5F #F0DE95 #F8EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#E9CE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE5F

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE5F	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.134 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc90',
    500: '#e9ce5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce5f;
$custom-light: #f3dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85288,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE5F

secondary

#3750B5

accent

#35D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE5F

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

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