#E9C466#E9C466

#E9C466 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.121 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C466
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, 2.11, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 51.46, 87.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% 0.0039 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.121 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7449, 57.7658, 20.7815)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C466 #668BE9

analogous

#E98266 #E9C466 #CDE966

triadic

#E9C466 #66E9C4 #C466E9

tetradic

#E9C466 #66E982 #668BE9 #E966CD

square

#E9C466 #66E982 #668BE9 #E966CD

split-complementary

#E9C466 #66CDE9 #8266E9

monochromatic

#BA8D1B #E1AF30 #E9C466 #F1D99C #F8EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E9C466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C466

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C466	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.121 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d594',
    500: '#e9c466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c466;
$custom-light: #f3d594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83368,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C466

secondary

#3A5EB9

accent

#47D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C466

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

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