#E9CE65#E9CE65

#E9CE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.128 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE65
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -3.12, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 54.90, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0114 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.128 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0268, 62.4085, 21.2989)
Luminance	0.6241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE65 #6580E9

analogous

#E98C65 #E9CE65 #C2E965

triadic

#E9CE65 #65E9CE #CE65E9

tetradic

#E9CE65 #65E98C #6580E9 #E965C2

square

#E9CE65 #65E98C #6580E9 #E965C2

split-complementary

#E9CE65 #65C2E9 #8C65E9

monochromatic

#B9991A #E1BD2F #E9CE65 #F1DF9B #F8F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#E9CE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE65

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE65	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.128 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc94',
    500: '#e9ce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce65;
$custom-light: #f3dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85355,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE65

secondary

#3A54B9

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE65

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

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