#E9C463#E9C463

#E9C463 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.123 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C463
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, 1.89, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 52.83, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% 0.0029 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.123 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5988, 57.7073, 20.0121)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C463 #6388E9

analogous

#E98163 #E9C463 #CBE963

triadic

#E9C463 #63E9C4 #C463E9

tetradic

#E9C463 #63E981 #6388E9 #E963CB

square

#E9C463 #63E981 #6388E9 #E963CB

split-complementary

#E9C463 #63CBE9 #8163E9

monochromatic

#B88C1A #E1B02D #E9C463 #F1D899 #F8EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E9C463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C463

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C463	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#D7C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.123 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d592',
    500: '#e9c463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c463;
$custom-light: #f3d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83332,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C463

secondary

#395CB7

accent

#46D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C463

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

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