#E9C04A#E9C04A

#E9C04A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C04A
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, 2.38, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 62.61, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% 0.0013 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.141 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6928, 55.5206, 14.3657)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C04A #4A73E9

analogous

#E9704A #E9C04A #C3E94A

triadic

#E9C04A #4AE9C0 #C04AE9

tetradic

#E9C04A #4AE970 #4A73E9 #E94AC3

square

#E9C04A #4AE970 #4A73E9 #E94AC3

split-complementary

#E9C04A #4AC3E9 #704AE9

monochromatic

#A57F14 #DBAA1B #E9C04A #F0D381 #F6E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E9C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#E9C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C04A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C04A	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)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d282',
    500: '#e9c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c04a;
$custom-light: #f4d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.528,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82285,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C04A

secondary

#314FA7

accent

#40DB0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C04A

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

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