#E9C14E#E9C14E

#E9C14E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C14E
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 2.08, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 61.22, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% 0.0009 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.138 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0522, 56.0168, 15.1716)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C14E #4E76E9

analogous

#E9734E #E9C14E #C3E94E

triadic

#E9C14E #4EE9C1 #C14EE9

tetradic

#E9C14E #4EE973 #4E76E9 #E94EC3

square

#E9C14E #4EE973 #4E76E9 #E94EC3

split-complementary

#E9C14E #4EC3E9 #734EE9

monochromatic

#A88215 #DEAC1C #E9C14E #F0D484 #F7E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E9C14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C14E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C14E	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)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d385',
    500: '#e9c14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c14e;
$custom-light: #f4d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82518,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C14E

secondary

#3251A9

accent

#41DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C14E

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

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