#E9C484#E9C484

#E9C484 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.092 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C484
RGB	rgb(233, 196, 132)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 43.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, 4.80, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 37.29, 82.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0149 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.092 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5109, 58.4722, 30.0823)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C484 #84A9E9

analogous

#E99284 #E9C484 #DCE984

triadic

#E9C484 #84E9C4 #C484E9

tetradic

#E9C484 #84E992 #84A9E9 #E984DC

square

#E9C484 #84E992 #84A9E9 #E984DC

split-complementary

#E9C484 #84DCE9 #9284E9

monochromatic

#CE9025 #E0AB50 #E9C484 #F2DDB8 #FAF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E9C484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C484

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C484	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C47F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 196, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.092 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d5a8',
    500: '#e9c484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c484;
$custom-light: #f2d5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83804,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C484

secondary

#4F79C2

accent

#59D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C484

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

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