#E9C35A#E9C35A

#E9C35A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.130 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C35A
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 1.78, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 56.60, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% 0.0014 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.13 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9675, 57.0951, 17.7961)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C35A #5A80E9

analogous

#E97B5A #E9C35A #C7E95A

triadic

#E9C35A #5AE9C3 #C35AE9

tetradic

#E9C35A #5AE97B #5A80E9 #E95AC7

square

#E9C35A #5AE97B #5A80E9 #E95AC7

split-complementary

#E9C35A #5AC7E9 #7B5AE9

monochromatic

#B18818 #E2AF24 #E9C35A #F0D790 #F7EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E9C35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C35A

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C35A	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)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.130 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48c',
    500: '#e9c35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c35a;
$custom-light: #f3d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83033,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C35A

secondary

#3657B1

accent

#43D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C35A

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

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