#E9C15F#E9C15F

#E9C15F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.125 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C15F
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, 3.16, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 53.85, 86.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% 0.0061 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.125 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7424, 56.2929, 18.8065)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C15F #5F87E9

analogous

#E97C5F #E9C15F #CCE95F

triadic

#E9C15F #5FE9C1 #C15FE9

tetradic

#E9C15F #5FE97C #5F87E9 #E95FCC

square

#E9C15F #5FE97C #5F87E9 #E95FCC

split-complementary

#E9C15F #5FCCE9 #7C5FE9

monochromatic

#B58819 #E2AC29 #E9C15F #F0D695 #F8EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E9C15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C15F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C15F	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.125 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d38f',
    500: '#e9c15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c15f;
$custom-light: #f3d38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82692,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C15F

secondary

#375CB5

accent

#48D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C15F

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

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