#E9C563#E9C563

#E9C563 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.124 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C563
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, 1.37, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 53.11, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% 0.0014 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.124 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8251, 58.1600, 20.0875)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C563 #6387E9

analogous

#E98263 #E9C563 #CAE963

triadic

#E9C563 #63E9C5 #C563E9

tetradic

#E9C563 #63E982 #6387E9 #E963CA

square

#E9C563 #63E982 #6387E9 #E963CA

split-complementary

#E9C563 #63CAE9 #8263E9

monochromatic

#B88D1A #E1B12D #E9C563 #F1D999 #F8EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E9C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C563

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C563	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.124 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d692',
    500: '#e9c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c563;
$custom-light: #f3d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83531,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C563

secondary

#395BB7

accent

#44D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C563

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

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