#E9CE6E#E9CE6E

#E9CE6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.120 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE6E
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -2.42, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 50.75, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0084 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.12 94)
XYZ	xyz(58.4922, 62.5946, 23.7498)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE6E #6E89E9

analogous

#E9906E #E9CE6E #C7E96E

triadic

#E9CE6E #6EE9CE #CE6EE9

tetradic

#E9CE6E #6EE990 #6E89E9 #E96EC7

square

#E9CE6E #6EE990 #6E89E9 #E96EC7

split-complementary

#E9CE6E #6EC7E9 #906EE9

monochromatic

#C09C1D #E1BC39 #E9CE6E #F1E0A3 #F9F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E9CE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#E9CE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE6E

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE6E	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.120 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9a',
    500: '#e9ce6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce6e;
$custom-light: #f2dc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85465,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.62592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE6E

secondary

#3D59BE

accent

#3BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE6E

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

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