#E9C166#E9C166

#E9C166 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.119 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C166
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, 3.68, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 50.66, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% 0.0084 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.119 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0750, 56.4259, 20.5582)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C166 #668EE9

analogous

#E97F66 #E9C166 #D0E966

triadic

#E9C166 #66E9C1 #C166E9

tetradic

#E9C166 #66E97F #668EE9 #E966D0

square

#E9C166 #66E97F #668EE9 #E966D0

split-complementary

#E9C166 #66D0E9 #7F66E9

monochromatic

#BA891B #E1AB30 #E9C166 #F1D79C #F8ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E9C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C166

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C166	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.119 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d394',
    500: '#e9c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c166;
$custom-light: #f3d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82776,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C166

secondary

#3A61B9

accent

#4CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C166

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

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