#E9C053#E9C053

#E9C053 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.134 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C053
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 2.89, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 58.87, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% 0.0038 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.134 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0180, 55.6506, 16.0784)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C053 #537CE9

analogous

#E97553 #E9C053 #C7E953

triadic

#E9C053 #53E9C0 #C053E9

tetradic

#E9C053 #53E975 #537CE9 #E953C7

square

#E9C053 #53E975 #537CE9 #E953C7

split-complementary

#E9C053 #53C7E9 #7553E9

monochromatic

#AC8316 #E2AC1D #E9C053 #F0D489 #F7E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E9C053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C053

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C053	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)

#D4BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.134 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d288',
    500: '#e9c053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c053;
$custom-light: #f4d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82367,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C053

secondary

#3355AD

accent

#44DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C053

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

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