#E9C255#E9C255

#E9C255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.134 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C255
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 1.97, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 58.51, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% 0.0014 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.134 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5385, 56.5662, 16.6383)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C255 #557CE9

analogous

#E97855 #E9C255 #C6E955

triadic

#E9C255 #55E9C2 #C255E9

tetradic

#E9C255 #55E978 #557CE9 #E955C6

square

#E9C255 #55E978 #557CE9 #E955C6

split-complementary

#E9C255 #55C6E9 #7855E9

monochromatic

#AD8516 #E2AF1F #E9C255 #F0D58B #F7E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E9C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C255

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C255	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)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.134 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d489',
    500: '#e9c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c255;
$custom-light: #f4d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82783,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C255

secondary

#3454AE

accent

#42D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C255

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

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