#E9C366#E9C366

#E9C366 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.120 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C366
RGB	rgb(233, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, 2.63, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 51.19, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% 0.0054 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.12 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5201, 57.3162, 20.7065)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C366 #668CE9

analogous

#E98166 #E9C366 #CEE966

triadic

#E9C366 #66E9C3 #C366E9

tetradic

#E9C366 #66E981 #668CE9 #E966CE

square

#E9C366 #66E981 #668CE9 #E966CE

split-complementary

#E9C366 #66CEE9 #8166E9

monochromatic

#BA8C1B #E1AE30 #E9C366 #F1D89C #F8EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E9C366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#E9C366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C366

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C366	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.120 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d494',
    500: '#e9c366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c366;
$custom-light: #f3d494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8317,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C366

secondary

#3A5FB9

accent

#49D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C366

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

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