#E9CF56#E9CF56

#E9CF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CF56
RGB	rgb(233, 207, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -4.66, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 61.81, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0176 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5993, 62.6239, 17.8560)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CF56 #5670E9

analogous

#E98656 #E9CF56 #B9E956

triadic

#E9CF56 #56E9CF #CF56E9

tetradic

#E9CF56 #56E986 #5670E9 #E956B9

square

#E9CF56 #56E986 #5670E9 #E956B9

split-complementary

#E9CF56 #56B9E9 #8656E9

monochromatic

#AE9317 #E2C020 #E9CF56 #F0DE8C #F7EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E9CF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#E9CF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CF56

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CF56	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)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 207, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dd8b',
    500: '#e9cf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cf56;
$custom-light: #f3dd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.854,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CF56

secondary

#344AAF

accent

#31D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CF56

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

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