#E9C150#E9C150

#E9C150 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.137 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C150
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, 2.19, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 60.38, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% 0.0014 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.137 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1250, 56.0459, 15.5550)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C150 #5078E9

analogous

#E97550 #E9C150 #C4E950

triadic

#E9C150 #50E9C1 #C150E9

tetradic

#E9C150 #50E975 #5078E9 #E950C4

square

#E9C150 #50E975 #5078E9 #E950C4

split-complementary

#E9C150 #50C4E9 #7550E9

monochromatic

#A98315 #E0AD1C #E9C150 #F0D486 #F7E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E9C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C150

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C150	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)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.137 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d386',
    500: '#e9c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c150;
$custom-light: #f4d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.314,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82536,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C150

secondary

#3252AB

accent

#42DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C150

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

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