#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
RGBrgb(233, 206, 121)
HSLhsl(46, 72%, 69%)
HSVhsv(46, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.6%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(83.36, -1.46, 45.51)
CIE-LCHlch(83.36, 45.53, 91.83°)
OKLaboklab(85.61% -0.0044 0.1092)
OKLCHoklch(85.61% 0.109 92.3)
XYZxyz(59.1287, 62.8492, 27.1020)
Luminance0.6285 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E9CE791.001.5513.5713.57
#FFFFFF1.551.0021.0021.00
#00000013.5721.001.001.00
##00000013.5721.001.001.00

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

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#E9CE79 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva