#E9C353#E9C353

#E9C353 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.136 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C353
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, 1.33, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 59.63, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0007 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.136 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6835, 56.9815, 16.3002)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C353 #5379E9

analogous

#E97853 #E9C353 #C4E953

triadic

#E9C353 #53E9C3 #C353E9

tetradic

#E9C353 #53E978 #5379E9 #E953C4

square

#E9C353 #53E978 #5379E9 #E953C4

split-complementary

#E9C353 #53C4E9 #7853E9

monochromatic

#AC8616 #E2B01D #E9C353 #F0D689 #F7E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E9C353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C353

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C353	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.136 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d488',
    500: '#e9c353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c353;
$custom-light: #f4d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82962,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C353

secondary

#3352AD

accent

#40DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C353

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

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