#E9C046#E9C046

#E9C046 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.143 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C046
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, 2.17, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 64.20, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% 0.0002 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.143 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5624, 55.4684, 13.6784)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C046 #466FE9

analogous

#E96F46 #E9C046 #C1E946

triadic

#E9C046 #46E9C0 #C046E9

tetradic

#E9C046 #46E96F #466FE9 #E946C1

square

#E9C046 #46E96F #466FE9 #E946C1

split-complementary

#E9C046 #46C1E9 #6F46E9

monochromatic

#A17E13 #D8A81A #E9C046 #F0D37D #F6E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E9C046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E9C046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C046

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C046	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.143 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d280',
    500: '#e9c046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c046;
$custom-light: #f4d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.908,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82251,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C046

secondary

#2F4DA4

accent

#64F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C046

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

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