#E9C359#E9C359

#E9C359 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.131 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C359
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, 1.71, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 57.04, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% 0.0011 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.131 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9252, 57.0782, 17.5734)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C359 #597FE9

analogous

#E97B59 #E9C359 #C7E959

triadic

#E9C359 #59E9C3 #C359E9

tetradic

#E9C359 #59E97B #597FE9 #E959C7

square

#E9C359 #59E97B #597FE9 #E959C7

split-complementary

#E9C359 #59C7E9 #7B59E9

monochromatic

#B08817 #E2AF23 #E9C359 #F0D78F #F7EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E9C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C359

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C359	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.131 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48c',
    500: '#e9c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c359;
$custom-light: #f3d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83022,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C359

secondary

#3556B1

accent

#43D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C359

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

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