#E9C256#E9C256

#E9C256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.133 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C256
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 2.04, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 58.08, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% 0.0017 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.133 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5785, 56.5822, 16.8490)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C256 #567DE9

analogous

#E97956 #E9C256 #C6E956

triadic

#E9C256 #56E9C2 #C256E9

tetradic

#E9C256 #56E979 #567DE9 #E956C6

square

#E9C256 #56E979 #567DE9 #E956C6

split-complementary

#E9C256 #56C6E9 #7956E9

monochromatic

#AE8617 #E2AE20 #E9C256 #F0D68C #F7E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E9C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C256

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C256	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.133 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d48a',
    500: '#e9c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c256;
$custom-light: #f4d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82793,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C256

secondary

#3455AF

accent

#43D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C256

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

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