#E9C458#E9C458

#E9C458 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.132 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C458
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, 1.13, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 57.74, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0007 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.132 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1083, 57.5111, 17.4287)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C458 #587DE9

analogous

#E97C58 #E9C458 #C5E958

triadic

#E9C458 #58E9C4 #C458E9

tetradic

#E9C458 #58E97C #587DE9 #E958C5

square

#E9C458 #58E97C #587DE9 #E958C5

split-complementary

#E9C458 #58C5E9 #7C58E9

monochromatic

#AF8917 #E2B122 #E9C458 #F0D78E #F7EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E9C458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C458

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C458	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)

#D8C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.132 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d58b',
    500: '#e9c458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c458;
$custom-light: #f3d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8321,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C458

secondary

#3554B0

accent

#41D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C458

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

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