#E9C14F#E9C14F

#E9C14F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C14F
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, 2.14, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 60.80, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% 0.0011 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.138 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0884, 56.0313, 15.3618)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C14F #4F77E9

analogous

#E9744F #E9C14F #C4E94F

triadic

#E9C14F #4FE9C1 #C14FE9

tetradic

#E9C14F #4FE974 #4F77E9 #E94FC4

square

#E9C14F #4FE974 #4F77E9 #E94FC4

split-complementary

#E9C14F #4FC4E9 #744FE9

monochromatic

#A98215 #DFAC1C #E9C14F #F0D485 #F7E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E9C14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C14F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C14F	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d385',
    500: '#e9c14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c14f;
$custom-light: #f4d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.416,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82527,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C14F

secondary

#3251AA

accent

#41DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C14F

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

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