#E9CE69#E9CE69

#E9CE69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.125 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE69
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -2.82, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 53.07, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0101 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.125 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2276, 62.4888, 22.3563)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE69 #6984E9

analogous

#E98E69 #E9CE69 #C4E969

triadic

#E9CE69 #69E9CE #CE69E9

tetradic

#E9CE69 #69E98E #6984E9 #E969C4

square

#E9CE69 #69E98E #6984E9 #E969C4

split-complementary

#E9CE69 #69C4E9 #8E69E9

monochromatic

#BC9A1C #E1BD34 #E9CE69 #F1DF9E #F9F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E9CE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE69

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE69	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.125 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc96',
    500: '#e9ce69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce69;
$custom-light: #f3dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85403,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE69

secondary

#3B56BB

accent

#39D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE69

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

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