#E9C474#E9C474

#E9C474 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.108 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C474
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, 3.27, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 44.91, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% 0.0088 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.108 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4988, 58.0673, 24.7518)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C474 #7499E9

analogous

#E98974 #E9C474 #D3E974

triadic

#E9C474 #74E9C4 #C474E9

tetradic

#E9C474 #74E989 #7499E9 #E974D3

square

#E9C474 #74E989 #7499E9 #E974D3

split-complementary

#E9C474 #74D3E9 #8974E9

monochromatic

#C4901F #E1AE3F #E9C474 #F1DAA9 #FAF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E9C474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C474

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C474	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.108 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d59d',
    500: '#e9c474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c474;
$custom-light: #f2d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.026,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83555,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C474

secondary

#4069C1

accent

#4FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C474

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

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