#E9CE79#E9CE79

#E9CE79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.109 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE79
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -1.46, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 45.53, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0044 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.109 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1287, 62.8492, 27.1020)
Luminance	0.6285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE79 #7994E9

analogous

#E99679 #E9CE79 #CCE979

triadic

#E9CE79 #79E9CE #CE79E9

tetradic

#E9CE79 #79E996 #7994E9 #E979CC

square

#E9CE79 #79E996 #7994E9 #E979CC

split-complementary

#E9CE79 #79CCE9 #9679E9

monochromatic

#C79F21 #E0BB44 #E9CE79 #F2E1AE #FAF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E9CE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#E9CE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE79

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE79	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.109 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dca1',
    500: '#e9ce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce79;
$custom-light: #f2dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85614,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE79

secondary

#4563C1

accent

#40D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE79

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

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