#E9C167#E9C167

#E9C167 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.118 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C167
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 103)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 55.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, 3.75, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 50.20, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% 0.0088 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.118 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1249, 56.4459, 20.8209)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C167 #678FE9

analogous

#E98067 #E9C167 #D0E967

triadic

#E9C167 #67E9C1 #C167E9

tetradic

#E9C167 #67E980 #678FE9 #E967D0

square

#E9C167 #67E980 #678FE9 #E967D0

split-complementary

#E9C167 #67D0E9 #8067E9

monochromatic

#BB891B #E1AB32 #E9C167 #F1D79C #F8EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E9C167 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C167

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C167	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.118 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d395',
    500: '#e9c167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c167;
$custom-light: #f3d395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 74.713,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82788,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C167

secondary

#3A62BA

accent

#4CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C167

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

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