#E9C153#E9C153

#E9C153 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.135 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C153
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 2.37, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 59.12, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% 0.0023 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.135 89)
XYZ	xyz(54.2384, 56.0913, 16.1518)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C153 #537BE9

analogous

#E97653 #E9C153 #C6E953

triadic

#E9C153 #53E9C1 #C153E9

tetradic

#E9C153 #53E976 #537BE9 #E953C6

square

#E9C153 #53E976 #537BE9 #E953C6

split-complementary

#E9C153 #53C6E9 #7653E9

monochromatic

#AC8416 #E2AD1D #E9C153 #F0D589 #F7E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E9C153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C153

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C153	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.135 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d388',
    500: '#e9c153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c153;
$custom-light: #f4d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82565,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.56088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C153

secondary

#3354AD

accent

#43DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C153

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

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