#E9C45D#E9C45D

#E9C45D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.128 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C45D
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, 1.46, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 55.54, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% 0.0009 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.128 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3226, 57.5968, 18.5571)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C45D #5D82E9

analogous

#E97E5D #E9C45D #C8E95D

triadic

#E9C45D #5DE9C4 #C45DE9

tetradic

#E9C45D #5DE97E #5D82E9 #E95DC8

square

#E9C45D #5DE97E #5D82E9 #E95DC8

split-complementary

#E9C45D #5DC8E9 #7E5DE9

monochromatic

#B38A18 #E2B027 #E9C45D #F0D893 #F8EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E9C45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C45D

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C45D	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.128 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d58e',
    500: '#e9c45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c45d;
$custom-light: #f3d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83264,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C45D

secondary

#3758B3

accent

#43D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C45D

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

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