#E9C151#E9C151

#E9C151 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.136 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C151
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, 2.25, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 59.96, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% 0.0017 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.136 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1622, 56.0608, 15.7510)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C151 #5179E9

analogous

#E97551 #E9C151 #C5E951

triadic

#E9C151 #51E9C1 #C151E9

tetradic

#E9C151 #51E975 #5179E9 #E951C5

square

#E9C151 #51E975 #5179E9 #E951C5

split-complementary

#E9C151 #51C5E9 #7551E9

monochromatic

#AA8316 #E0AD1C #E9C151 #F0D487 #F7E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E9C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C151

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C151	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)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.136 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d387',
    500: '#e9c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c151;
$custom-light: #f4d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82546,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C151

secondary

#3353AB

accent

#42DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C151

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

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