#E9C259#E9C259

#E9C259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C259
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, 2.23, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 56.77, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% 0.0026 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.13 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7019, 56.6316, 17.4990)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C259 #5980E9

analogous

#E97A59 #E9C259 #C8E959

triadic

#E9C259 #59E9C2 #C259E9

tetradic

#E9C259 #59E97A #5980E9 #E959C8

square

#E9C259 #59E97A #5980E9 #E959C8

split-complementary

#E9C259 #59C8E9 #7A59E9

monochromatic

#B08717 #E2AE23 #E9C259 #F0D68F #F7EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E9C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C259

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C259	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48c',
    500: '#e9c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c259;
$custom-light: #f3d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82824,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C259

secondary

#3557B1

accent

#44D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C259

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

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