#E9C55D#E9C55D

#E9C55D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.129 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C55D
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, 0.94, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 55.81, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0006 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.129 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5489, 58.0495, 18.6326)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C55D #5D81E9

analogous

#E97F5D #E9C55D #C7E95D

triadic

#E9C55D #5DE9C5 #C55DE9

tetradic

#E9C55D #5DE97F #5D81E9 #E95DC7

square

#E9C55D #5DE97F #5D81E9 #E95DC7

split-complementary

#E9C55D #5DC7E9 #7F5DE9

monochromatic

#B38B18 #E2B227 #E9C55D #F0D893 #F8ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E9C55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C55D

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C55D	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#D8C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.129 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d68e',
    500: '#e9c55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c55d;
$custom-light: #f3d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83462,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C55D

secondary

#3757B3

accent

#41D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C55D

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

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