#E9C462#E9C462

#E9C462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.124 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C462
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, 1.81, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 53.29, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0025 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.124 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5513, 57.6883, 19.7618)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C462 #6287E9

analogous

#E98162 #E9C462 #CAE962

triadic

#E9C462 #62E9C4 #C462E9

tetradic

#E9C462 #62E981 #6287E9 #E962CA

square

#E9C462 #62E981 #6287E9 #E962CA

split-complementary

#E9C462 #62CAE9 #8162E9

monochromatic

#B78C1A #E1B02C #E9C462 #F1D898 #F8ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E9C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E9C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C462

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C462	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.124 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d591',
    500: '#e9c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c462;
$custom-light: #f3d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8332,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C462

secondary

#385BB7

accent

#45D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C462

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