#E9CF5B#E9CF5B

#E9CF5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CF5B
RGB	rgb(233, 207, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -4.34, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 59.67, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0161 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.8079, 62.7073, 18.9543)
Luminance	0.6270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CF5B #5B75E9

analogous

#E9885B #E9CF5B #BCE95B

triadic

#E9CF5B #5BE9CF #CF5BE9

tetradic

#E9CF5B #5BE988 #5B75E9 #E95BBC

square

#E9CF5B #5BE988 #5B75E9 #E95BBC

split-complementary

#E9CF5B #5BBCE9 #885BE9

monochromatic

#B29618 #E2BF25 #E9CF5B #F0DF91 #F7EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E9CF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#E9CF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CF5B

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CF5B	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 207, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dd8e',
    500: '#e9cf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cf5b;
$custom-light: #f3dd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85449,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CF5B

secondary

#364DB2

accent

#32D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CF5B

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

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