#E9CE62#E9CE62

#E9CE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.131 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE62
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -3.34, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 56.26, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0124 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.131 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8825, 62.3508, 20.5389)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE62 #627DE9

analogous

#E98B62 #E9CE62 #C1E962

triadic

#E9CE62 #62E9CE #CE62E9

tetradic

#E9CE62 #62E98B #627DE9 #E962C1

square

#E9CE62 #62E98B #627DE9 #E962C1

split-complementary

#E9CE62 #62C1E9 #8B62E9

monochromatic

#B7971A #E1BD2C #E9CE62 #F1DF98 #F8F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E9CE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE62

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE62	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.131 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc92',
    500: '#e9ce62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce62;
$custom-light: #f3dc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85321,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE62

secondary

#3852B7

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE62

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

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