#E9C355#E9C355

#E9C355 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C355
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 1.46, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 58.77, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0001 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.134 90)
XYZ	xyz(54.7618, 57.0128, 16.7127)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C355 #557BE9

analogous

#E97955 #E9C355 #C5E955

triadic

#E9C355 #55E9C3 #C355E9

tetradic

#E9C355 #55E979 #557BE9 #E955C5

square

#E9C355 #55E979 #557BE9 #E955C5

split-complementary

#E9C355 #55C5E9 #7955E9

monochromatic

#AD8616 #E2B01F #E9C355 #F0D68B #F7E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E9C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C355

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C355	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d489',
    500: '#e9c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c355;
$custom-light: #f4d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82981,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.5701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C355

secondary

#3453AE

accent

#41D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C355

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

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