#E9C35E#E9C35E

#E9C35E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C35E
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 2.05, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 54.82, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.0027 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.127 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1424, 57.1651, 18.7170)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C35E #5E84E9

analogous

#E97E5E #E9C35E #CAE95E

triadic

#E9C35E #5EE9C3 #C35EE9

tetradic

#E9C35E #5EE97E #5E84E9 #E95ECA

square

#E9C35E #5EE97E #5E84E9 #E95ECA

split-complementary

#E9C35E #5ECAE9 #7E5EE9

monochromatic

#B48A19 #E2AF28 #E9C35E #F0D794 #F8EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E9C35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C35E

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C35E	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48f',
    500: '#e9c35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c35e;
$custom-light: #f3d48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83076,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C35E

secondary

#3759B4

accent

#45D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C35E

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

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