#E9C157#E9C157

#E9C157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.132 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C157
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, 2.62, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 57.39, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% 0.0035 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.132 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3973, 56.1548, 16.9888)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C157 #577FE9

analogous

#E97857 #E9C157 #C8E957

triadic

#E9C157 #57E9C1 #C157E9

tetradic

#E9C157 #57E978 #577FE9 #E957C8

square

#E9C157 #57E978 #577FE9 #E957C8

split-complementary

#E9C157 #57C8E9 #7857E9

monochromatic

#AF8517 #E2AD21 #E9C157 #F0D58D #F7E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E9C157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C157

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C157	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.132 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d38a',
    500: '#e9c157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c157;
$custom-light: #f3d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82605,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C157

secondary

#3556AF

accent

#44D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C157

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

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