#E9C059#E9C059

#E9C059 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C059
RGB	rgb(233, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, 3.27, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 56.27, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% 0.0056 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.129 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2598, 55.7474, 17.3516)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C059 #5982E9

analogous

#E97859 #E9C059 #CAE959

triadic

#E9C059 #59E9C0 #C059E9

tetradic

#E9C059 #59E978 #5982E9 #E959CA

square

#E9C059 #59E978 #5982E9 #E959CA

split-complementary

#E9C059 #59CAE9 #7859E9

monochromatic

#B08517 #E2AB23 #E9C059 #F0D58F #F7E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E9C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C059

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C059	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d28b',
    500: '#e9c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c059;
$custom-light: #f3d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82428,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C059

secondary

#3559B1

accent

#47D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C059

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

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