#E9C56F#E9C56F

#E9C56F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.113 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C56F
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 111)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, 2.32, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 47.55, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0055 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.113 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4420, 58.4067, 23.3365)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C56F #6F93E9

analogous

#E9886F #E9C56F #D0E96F

triadic

#E9C56F #6FE9C5 #C56FE9

tetradic

#E9C56F #6FE988 #6F93E9 #E96FD0

square

#E9C56F #6FE988 #6F93E9 #E96FD0

split-complementary

#E9C56F #6FD0E9 #886FE9

monochromatic

#C0901D #E1B03A #E9C56F #F1DAA4 #F9F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E9C56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C56F

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C56F	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.113 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d69a',
    500: '#e9c56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c56f;
$custom-light: #f2d69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C56F

secondary

#3D64BF

accent

#4AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C56F

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

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