#E9C052#E9C052

#E9C052 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.135 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C052
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 2.83, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 59.29, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% 0.0035 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.135 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9797, 55.6353, 15.8765)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C052 #527BE9

analogous

#E97552 #E9C052 #C6E952

triadic

#E9C052 #52E9C0 #C052E9

tetradic

#E9C052 #52E975 #527BE9 #E952C6

square

#E9C052 #52E975 #527BE9 #E952C6

split-complementary

#E9C052 #52C6E9 #7552E9

monochromatic

#AB8216 #E1AC1D #E9C052 #F0D488 #F7E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E9C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C052

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C052	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.135 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d287',
    500: '#e9c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c052;
$custom-light: #f4d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82357,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C052

secondary

#3354AC

accent

#44DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C052

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

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