#E9C04C#E9C04C

#E9C04C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C04C
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 2.49, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 61.80, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% 0.0018 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.139 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7613, 55.5480, 14.7262)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C04C #4C75E9

analogous

#E9714C #E9C04C #C3E94C

triadic

#E9C04C #4CE9C0 #C04CE9

tetradic

#E9C04C #4CE971 #4C75E9 #E94CC3

square

#E9C04C #4CE971 #4C75E9 #E94CC3

split-complementary

#E9C04C #4CC3E9 #714CE9

monochromatic

#A68014 #DDAA1B #E9C04C #F0D383 #F6E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E9C04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C04C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C04C	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d284',
    500: '#e9c04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c04c;
$custom-light: #f4d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.331,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82302,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C04C

secondary

#3150A8

accent

#41DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C04C

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

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