#E9C461#E9C461

#E9C461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.125 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C461
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, 1.74, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 53.74, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% 0.0022 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.125 89)
XYZ	xyz(55.5044, 57.6696, 19.5147)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C461 #6186E9

analogous

#E98061 #E9C461 #CAE961

triadic

#E9C461 #61E9C4 #C461E9

tetradic

#E9C461 #61E980 #6186E9 #E961CA

square

#E9C461 #61E980 #6186E9 #E961CA

split-complementary

#E9C461 #61CAE9 #8061E9

monochromatic

#B68C19 #E2B02B #E9C461 #F0D897 #F8ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E9C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C461

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C461	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.125 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d591',
    500: '#e9c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c461;
$custom-light: #f3d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83309,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.57667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C461

secondary

#385AB6

accent

#45D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C461

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

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