#E9C459#E9C459

#E9C459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.132 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C459
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, 1.19, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 57.30, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0004 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.132 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1500, 57.5278, 17.6484)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C459 #597EE9

analogous

#E97C59 #E9C459 #C6E959

triadic

#E9C459 #59E9C4 #C459E9

tetradic

#E9C459 #59E97C #597EE9 #E959C6

square

#E9C459 #59E97C #597EE9 #E959C6

split-complementary

#E9C459 #59C6E9 #7C59E9

monochromatic

#B08917 #E2B123 #E9C459 #F0D78F #F7EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E9C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C459

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C459	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.132 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d58c',
    500: '#e9c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c459;
$custom-light: #f3d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83221,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C459

secondary

#3555B1

accent

#41D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C459

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

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