#E9C257#E9C257

#E9C257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.132 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C257
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, 2.10, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 57.65, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% 0.002 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.132 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6191, 56.5985, 17.0627)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C257 #577EE9

analogous

#E97957 #E9C257 #C7E957

triadic

#E9C257 #57E9C2 #C257E9

tetradic

#E9C257 #57E979 #577EE9 #E957C7

square

#E9C257 #57E979 #577EE9 #E957C7

split-complementary

#E9C257 #57C7E9 #7957E9

monochromatic

#AF8617 #E2AE21 #E9C257 #F0D68D #F7E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E9C257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C257

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C257	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.132 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48a',
    500: '#e9c257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c257;
$custom-light: #f3d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82803,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C257

secondary

#3556AF

accent

#43D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C257

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

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