#E9C35F#E9C35F
#E9C35F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.126 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9C35F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 195, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.28, 2.12, 54.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.28, 54.37, 87.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.09% 0.003 0.1261) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.09% 0.126 88.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.1875, 57.1831, 18.9549) |
| Luminance | 0.5718 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.33
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.46
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.85
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.52
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.24
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9C35F #5F85E9
analogous
#E97E5F #E9C35F #CAE95F
triadic
#E9C35F #5FE9C3 #C35FE9
tetradic
#E9C35F #5FE97E #5F85E9 #E95FCA
square
#E9C35F #5FE97E #5F85E9 #E95FCA
split-complementary
#E9C35F #5FCAE9 #7E5FE9
monochromatic
#B58A19 #E2AF29 #E9C35F #F0D795 #F8EBCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#E9C35F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.44
#E9C35F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9C35F
12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9C35F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9C35F | 1.00 | 1.69 | 12.44 | 12.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C155
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBB5AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9c35f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.126 88.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d48f',
500: '#e9c35f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9c35f; $custom-light: #f3d48f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9c35f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 195,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.478,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83087,
"c": 0.12611,
"h": 88.6
},
"luminance": 0.5718
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9C35F
secondary
#375AB5
accent
#45D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F