#E9C457#E9C457

#E9C457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C457
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, 1.06, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 58.17, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.001 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.133 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0672, 57.4947, 17.2121)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C457 #577CE9

analogous

#E97B57 #E9C457 #C5E957

triadic

#E9C457 #57E9C4 #C457E9

tetradic

#E9C457 #57E97B #577CE9 #E957C5

square

#E9C457 #57E97B #577CE9 #E957C5

split-complementary

#E9C457 #57C5E9 #7B57E9

monochromatic

#AF8817 #E2B121 #E9C457 #F0D78D #F7EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E9C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C457

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C457	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d58a',
    500: '#e9c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c457;
$custom-light: #f3d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.832,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C457

secondary

#3554AF

accent

#40D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C457

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

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