#E9C050#E9C050

#E9C050 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C050
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, 2.71, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 60.14, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.0029 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.136 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9047, 55.6053, 15.4815)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C050 #5079E9

analogous

#E97450 #E9C050 #C5E950

triadic

#E9C050 #50E9C0 #C050E9

tetradic

#E9C050 #50E974 #5079E9 #E950C5

square

#E9C050 #50E974 #5079E9 #E950C5

split-complementary

#E9C050 #50C5E9 #7450E9

monochromatic

#A98215 #E0AB1C #E9C050 #F0D486 #F7E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E9C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C050

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C050	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d286',
    500: '#e9c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c050;
$custom-light: #f4d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.922,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82338,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C050

secondary

#3253AB

accent

#43DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C050

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

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