#E9C154#E9C154

#E9C154 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.134 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C154
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 84)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 2.43, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 58.69, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% 0.0026 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.134 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2772, 56.1068, 16.3566)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C154 #547CE9

analogous

#E97754 #E9C154 #C6E954

triadic

#E9C154 #54E9C1 #C154E9

tetradic

#E9C154 #54E977 #547CE9 #E954C6

square

#E9C154 #54E977 #547CE9 #E954C6

split-complementary

#E9C154 #54C6E9 #7754E9

monochromatic

#AC8416 #E2AD1E #E9C154 #F0D58A #F7E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E9C154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C154

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C154	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)

#D5BF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.134 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d388',
    500: '#e9c154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c154;
$custom-light: #f4d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82575,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C154

secondary

#3454AD

accent

#43D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C154

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

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