#E9C152#E9C152

#E9C152 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.135 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C152
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, 2.31, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 59.54, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% 0.002 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.135 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2000, 56.0759, 15.9500)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C152 #527AE9

analogous

#E97652 #E9C152 #C6E952

triadic

#E9C152 #52E9C1 #C152E9

tetradic

#E9C152 #52E976 #527AE9 #E952C6

square

#E9C152 #52E976 #527AE9 #E952C6

split-complementary

#E9C152 #52C6E9 #7652E9

monochromatic

#AB8316 #E1AD1D #E9C152 #F0D488 #F7E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E9C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C152

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C152	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)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.135 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d387',
    500: '#e9c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c152;
$custom-light: #f4d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82555,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C152

secondary

#3353AC

accent

#42DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C152

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

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