#E9C357#E9C357

#E9C357 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C357
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 1.58, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 57.91, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83% 0.0005 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.133 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8424, 57.0451, 17.1371)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C357 #577DE9

analogous

#E97A57 #E9C357 #C6E957

triadic

#E9C357 #57E9C3 #C357E9

tetradic

#E9C357 #57E97A #577DE9 #E957C6

square

#E9C357 #57E97A #577DE9 #E957C6

split-complementary

#E9C357 #57C6E9 #7A57E9

monochromatic

#AF8717 #E2B021 #E9C357 #F0D68D #F7EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E9C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C357

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C357	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48a',
    500: '#e9c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c357;
$custom-light: #f3d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83001,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C357

secondary

#3555AF

accent

#42D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C357

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

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