#E9C049#E9C049

#E9C049 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C049
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, 2.33, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 63.01, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% 0.001 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.141 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6594, 55.5072, 14.1897)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C049 #4972E9

analogous

#E97049 #E9C049 #C2E949

triadic

#E9C049 #49E9C0 #C049E9

tetradic

#E9C049 #49E970 #4972E9 #E949C2

square

#E9C049 #49E970 #4972E9 #E949C2

split-complementary

#E9C049 #49C2E9 #7049E9

monochromatic

#A47F14 #DAA91A #E9C049 #F0D380 #F6E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E9C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#E9C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C049

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C049	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d282',
    500: '#e9c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c049;
$custom-light: #f4d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.625,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82276,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C049

secondary

#304EA6

accent

#65F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C049

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

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