#E9C565#E9C565

#E9C565 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.122 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C565
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, 1.52, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 52.19, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% 0.002 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.122 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9219, 58.1987, 20.5973)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C565 #6589E9

analogous

#E98365 #E9C565 #CBE965

triadic

#E9C565 #65E9C5 #C565E9

tetradic

#E9C565 #65E983 #6589E9 #E965CB

square

#E9C565 #65E983 #6589E9 #E965CB

split-complementary

#E9C565 #65CBE9 #8365E9

monochromatic

#B98E1A #E1B12F #E9C565 #F1D99B #F8EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E9C565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C565

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C565	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.122 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d693',
    500: '#e9c565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c565;
$custom-light: #f3d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83554,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C565

secondary

#3A5CB9

accent

#45D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C565

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

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