#E9C361#E9C361

#E9C361 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.124 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C361
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 2.26, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 53.47, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0037 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.124 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2796, 57.2200, 19.4398)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C361 #6187E9

analogous

#E97F61 #E9C361 #CBE961

triadic

#E9C361 #61E9C3 #C361E9

tetradic

#E9C361 #61E97F #6187E9 #E961CB

square

#E9C361 #61E97F #6187E9 #E961CB

split-complementary

#E9C361 #61CBE9 #7F61E9

monochromatic

#B68A19 #E2AF2B #E9C361 #F0D797 #F8ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E9C361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C361

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C361	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)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.124 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d491',
    500: '#e9c361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c361;
$custom-light: #f3d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8311,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C361

secondary

#385BB6

accent

#46D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C361

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

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