#E9C356#E9C356

#E9C356 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C356
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 1.52, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 58.34, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% 0.0002 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.133 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8018, 57.0288, 16.9234)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C356 #567CE9

analogous

#E97A56 #E9C356 #C5E956

triadic

#E9C356 #56E9C3 #C356E9

tetradic

#E9C356 #56E97A #567CE9 #E956C5

square

#E9C356 #56E97A #567CE9 #E956C5

split-complementary

#E9C356 #56C5E9 #7A56E9

monochromatic

#AE8717 #E2B020 #E9C356 #F0D68C #F7E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E9C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C356

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C356	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d48a',
    500: '#e9c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c356;
$custom-light: #f4d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82991,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C356

secondary

#3454AF

accent

#41D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C356

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

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