#E9C561#E9C561

#E9C561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.126 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C561
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 1.22, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 54.01, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0007 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.126 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7307, 58.1222, 19.5902)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C561 #6185E9

analogous

#E98161 #E9C561 #C9E961

triadic

#E9C561 #61E9C5 #C561E9

tetradic

#E9C561 #61E981 #6185E9 #E961C9

square

#E9C561 #61E981 #6185E9 #E961C9

split-complementary

#E9C561 #61C9E9 #8161E9

monochromatic

#B68D19 #E2B12B #E9C561 #F0D997 #F8ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E9C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C561

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C561	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)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.126 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d691',
    500: '#e9c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c561;
$custom-light: #f3d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83507,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C561

secondary

#3859B6

accent

#43D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C561

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

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