#E9C14D#E9C14D

#E9C14D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.139 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C14D
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 2.02, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 61.63, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% 0.0006 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.139 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0166, 56.0026, 14.9842)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C14D #4D75E9

analogous

#E9734D #E9C14D #C3E94D

triadic

#E9C14D #4DE9C1 #C14DE9

tetradic

#E9C14D #4DE973 #4D75E9 #E94DC3

square

#E9C14D #4DE973 #4D75E9 #E94DC3

split-complementary

#E9C14D #4DC3E9 #734DE9

monochromatic

#A78115 #DDAC1B #E9C14D #F0D483 #F6E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E9C14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C14D

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C14D	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.139 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d384',
    500: '#e9c14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c14d;
$custom-light: #f4d384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82509,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C14D

secondary

#3250A9

accent

#40DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C14D

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

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