#E9C253#E9C253

#E9C253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.135 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C253
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, 1.85, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 59.37, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% 0.0008 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.135 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4602, 56.5349, 16.2258)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C253 #537AE9

analogous

#E97753 #E9C253 #C5E953

triadic

#E9C253 #53E9C2 #C253E9

tetradic

#E9C253 #53E977 #537AE9 #E953C5

square

#E9C253 #53E977 #537AE9 #E953C5

split-complementary

#E9C253 #53C5E9 #7753E9

monochromatic

#AC8516 #E2AF1D #E9C253 #F0D589 #F7E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E9C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C253

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C253	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.135 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d488',
    500: '#e9c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c253;
$custom-light: #f4d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82763,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C253

secondary

#3353AD

accent

#41DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C253

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

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