#E9CF79#E9CF79

#E9CF79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.110 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CF79
RGB	rgb(233, 207, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -1.97, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 45.86, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0059 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.11 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.3702, 63.3322, 27.1825)
Luminance	0.6333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CF79 #7993E9

analogous

#E99779 #E9CF79 #CBE979

triadic

#E9CF79 #79E9CF #CF79E9

tetradic

#E9CF79 #79E997 #7993E9 #E979CB

square

#E9CF79 #79E997 #7993E9 #E979CB

split-complementary

#E9CF79 #79CBE9 #9779E9

monochromatic

#C7A021 #E0BC44 #E9CF79 #F2E2AE #FAF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9CF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#E9CF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CF79

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CF79	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 207, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.110 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dda1',
    500: '#e9cf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cf79;
$custom-light: #f2dda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85815,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CF79

secondary

#4562C1

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CF79

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

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