#E9C252#E9C252

#E9C252 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.136 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C252
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, 1.79, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 59.79, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% 0.0005 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.136 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4218, 56.5196, 16.0239)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C252 #5279E9

analogous

#E97752 #E9C252 #C5E952

triadic

#E9C252 #52E9C2 #C252E9

tetradic

#E9C252 #52E977 #5279E9 #E952C5

square

#E9C252 #52E977 #5279E9 #E952C5

split-complementary

#E9C252 #52C5E9 #7752E9

monochromatic

#AB8416 #E1AE1D #E9C252 #F0D588 #F7E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E9C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C252

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C252	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)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.136 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d487',
    500: '#e9c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c252;
$custom-light: #f4d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82753,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C252

secondary

#3352AC

accent

#41DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C252

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

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