#E9C265#E9C265

#E9C265 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.120 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C265
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, 3.08, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 51.38, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% 0.0066 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.12 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2475, 56.8498, 20.3725)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C265 #658CE9

analogous

#E98065 #E9C265 #CEE965

triadic

#E9C265 #65E9C2 #C265E9

tetradic

#E9C265 #65E980 #658CE9 #E965CE

square

#E9C265 #65E980 #658CE9 #E965CE

split-complementary

#E9C265 #65CEE9 #8065E9

monochromatic

#B98A1A #E1AD2F #E9C265 #F1D79B #F8ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E9C265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#E9C265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C265

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C265	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.120 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d493',
    500: '#e9c265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c265;
$custom-light: #f3d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8296,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C265

secondary

#3A5FB9

accent

#4AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C265

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

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