#E9C577#E9C577

#E9C577 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.105 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C577
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 3.02, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 43.76, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0084 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.105 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9024, 58.5909, 25.7611)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C577 #779BE9

analogous

#E98C77 #E9C577 #D4E977

triadic

#E9C577 #77E9C5 #C577E9

tetradic

#E9C577 #77E98C #779BE9 #E977D4

square

#E9C577 #77E98C #779BE9 #E977D4

split-complementary

#E9C577 #77D4E9 #8C77E9

monochromatic

#C69120 #E0AF42 #E9C577 #F2DBAC #FAF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E9C577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C577

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C577	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.105 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d69f',
    500: '#e9c577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c577;
$custom-light: #f2d69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83796,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C577

secondary

#436BC1

accent

#4FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C577

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

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