#E9C560#E9C560

#E9C560 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.126 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C560
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, 1.15, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 54.47, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.0004 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.126 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6844, 58.1036, 19.3462)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C560 #6084E9

analogous

#E98160 #E9C560 #C8E960

triadic

#E9C560 #60E9C5 #C560E9

tetradic

#E9C560 #60E981 #6084E9 #E960C8

square

#E9C560 #60E981 #6084E9 #E960C8

split-complementary

#E9C560 #60C8E9 #8160E9

monochromatic

#B58C19 #E2B12A #E9C560 #F0D996 #F8ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E9C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C560

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C560	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.126 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d690',
    500: '#e9c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c560;
$custom-light: #f3d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83496,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C560

secondary

#3859B5

accent

#43D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C560

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

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