#E9C251#E9C251

#E9C251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C251
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, 1.73, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 60.22, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% 0.0002 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.137 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.3841, 56.5044, 15.8249)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C251 #5178E9

analogous

#E97651 #E9C251 #C4E951

triadic

#E9C251 #51E9C2 #C251E9

tetradic

#E9C251 #51E976 #5178E9 #E951C4

square

#E9C251 #51E976 #5178E9 #E951C4

split-complementary

#E9C251 #51C4E9 #7651E9

monochromatic

#AA8416 #E0AE1C #E9C251 #F0D587 #F7E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E9C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C251

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C251	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d487',
    500: '#e9c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c251;
$custom-light: #f4d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82744,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C251

secondary

#3352AB

accent

#41DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C251

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

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