#E9C14A#E9C14A

#E9C14A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C14A
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, 1.86, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 62.85, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0002 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.141 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9132, 55.9612, 14.4392)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C14A #4A72E9

analogous

#E9724A #E9C14A #C1E94A

triadic

#E9C14A #4AE9C1 #C14AE9

tetradic

#E9C14A #4AE972 #4A72E9 #E94AC1

square

#E9C14A #4AE972 #4A72E9 #E94AC1

split-complementary

#E9C14A #4AC1E9 #724AE9

monochromatic

#A58014 #DBAB1B #E9C14A #F0D481 #F6E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E9C14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C14A

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C14A	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d382',
    500: '#e9c14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c14a;
$custom-light: #f4d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.906,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82483,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C14A

secondary

#314EA7

accent

#3FDB0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C14A

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