#E9C24E#E9C24E

#E9C24E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.139 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C24E
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, 1.56, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 61.47, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0006 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.139 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2740, 56.4604, 15.2455)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C24E #4E75E9

analogous

#E9744E #E9C24E #C2E94E

triadic

#E9C24E #4EE9C2 #C24EE9

tetradic

#E9C24E #4EE974 #4E75E9 #E94EC2

square

#E9C24E #4EE974 #4E75E9 #E94EC2

split-complementary

#E9C24E #4EC2E9 #744EE9

monochromatic

#A88315 #DEAD1C #E9C24E #F0D584 #F7E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E9C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C24E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C24E	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)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.139 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d485',
    500: '#e9c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c24e;
$custom-light: #f4d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82716,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C24E

secondary

#3250A9

accent

#3FDA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C24E

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