#E9C258#E9C258

#E9C258 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.131 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C258
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, 2.17, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 57.21, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% 0.0023 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.131 89)
XYZ	xyz(54.6602, 56.6149, 17.2793)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C258 #587FE9

analogous

#E97958 #E9C258 #C8E958

triadic

#E9C258 #58E9C2 #C258E9

tetradic

#E9C258 #58E979 #587FE9 #E958C8

square

#E9C258 #58E979 #587FE9 #E958C8

split-complementary

#E9C258 #58C8E9 #7958E9

monochromatic

#AF8717 #E2AE22 #E9C258 #F0D68E #F7EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E9C258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C258

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C258	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)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.131 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48b',
    500: '#e9c258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c258;
$custom-light: #f3d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82813,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.56612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C258

secondary

#3556B0

accent

#44D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C258

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

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