#E9C159#E9C159

#E9C159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.130 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C159
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, 2.75, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 56.52, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% 0.0041 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.13 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4801, 56.1880, 17.4251)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C159 #5981E9

analogous

#E97959 #E9C159 #C9E959

triadic

#E9C159 #59E9C1 #C159E9

tetradic

#E9C159 #59E979 #5981E9 #E959C9

square

#E9C159 #59E979 #5981E9 #E959C9

split-complementary

#E9C159 #59C9E9 #7959E9

monochromatic

#B08617 #E2AD23 #E9C159 #F0D58F #F7E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E9C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E9C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C159

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C159	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.130 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d38c',
    500: '#e9c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c159;
$custom-light: #f3d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82626,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C159

secondary

#3558B1

accent

#45D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C159

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

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