#E9CF50#E9CF50
#E9CF50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.146 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9CF50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 207, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.20, -5.01, 64.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.20, 64.30, 94.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.35% -0.0193 0.1448) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.35% 0.146 97.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.3677, 62.5312, 16.6358) |
| Luminance | 0.6253 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.80
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.08
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.45
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.71
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.20
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9CF50 #506AE9
analogous
#E98350 #E9CF50 #B7E950
triadic
#E9CF50 #50E9CF #CF50E9
tetradic
#E9CF50 #50E983 #506AE9 #E950B7
square
#E9CF50 #50E983 #506AE9 #E950B7
split-complementary
#E9CF50 #50B7E9 #8350E9
monochromatic
#A99015 #E0BE1C #E9CF50 #F0DE86 #F7EDBD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#E9CF50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.51
#E9CF50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9CF50
13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9CF50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9CF50 | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.51 | 13.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CA40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBC0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9cf50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 207, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.146 97.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4dd87',
500: '#e9cf50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9cf50; $custom-light: #f4dd87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9cf50",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 207,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.804,
"s": 77.665,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85345,
"c": 0.1461,
"h": 97.6
},
"luminance": 0.62528
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9CF50
secondary
#3247AB
accent
#2FDA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F