#E9C352#E9C352

#E9C352 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.137 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C352
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, 1.27, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 60.05, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.001 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.137 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6451, 56.9662, 16.0983)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C352 #5278E9

analogous

#E97852 #E9C352 #C3E952

triadic

#E9C352 #52E9C3 #C352E9

tetradic

#E9C352 #52E978 #5278E9 #E952C3

square

#E9C352 #52E978 #5278E9 #E952C3

split-complementary

#E9C352 #52C3E9 #7852E9

monochromatic

#AB8516 #E1B01D #E9C352 #F0D688 #F7E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E9C352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C352

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C352	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.137 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d487',
    500: '#e9c352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c352;
$custom-light: #f4d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.901,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82952,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C352

secondary

#3352AC

accent

#40DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C352

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

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