#E9C170#E9C170

#E9C170 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.110 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C170
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, 4.49, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 46.02, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% 0.012 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.11 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6012, 56.6364, 23.3294)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C170 #7098E9

analogous

#E98470 #E9C170 #D5E970

triadic

#E9C170 #70E9C1 #C170E9

tetradic

#E9C170 #70E984 #7098E9 #E970D5

square

#E9C170 #70E984 #7098E9 #E970D5

split-complementary

#E9C170 #70D5E9 #8470E9

monochromatic

#C18B1E #E1AA3B #E9C170 #F1D8A5 #F9EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E9C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C170

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C170	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.110 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d39b',
    500: '#e9c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c170;
$custom-light: #f2d39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82908,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C170

secondary

#3E69C0

accent

#51D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C170

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

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