#E9C261#E9C261

#E9C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.124 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C261
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, 2.78, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 53.21, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% 0.0052 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.124 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0563, 56.7733, 19.3654)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C261 #6188E9

analogous

#E97E61 #E9C261 #CCE961

triadic

#E9C261 #61E9C2 #C261E9

tetradic

#E9C261 #61E97E #6188E9 #E961CC

square

#E9C261 #61E97E #6188E9 #E961CC

split-complementary

#E9C261 #61CCE9 #7E61E9

monochromatic

#B68919 #E2AD2B #E9C261 #F0D797 #F8EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E9C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C261

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C261	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.124 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d491',
    500: '#e9c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c261;
$custom-light: #f3d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82913,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C261

secondary

#385CB6

accent

#48D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C261

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

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