#E9C65E#E9C65E

#E9C65E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.129 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C65E
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 0.49, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 55.64, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0018 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.129 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8213, 58.5229, 18.9433)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C65E #5E81E9

analogous

#E9815E #E9C65E #C7E95E

triadic

#E9C65E #5EE9C6 #C65EE9

tetradic

#E9C65E #5EE981 #5E81E9 #E95EC7

square

#E9C65E #5EE981 #5E81E9 #E95EC7

split-complementary

#E9C65E #5EC7E9 #815EE9

monochromatic

#B48D19 #E2B328 #E9C65E #F0D994 #F8ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E9C65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C65E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C65E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.129 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78f',
    500: '#e9c65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c65e;
$custom-light: #f3d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83673,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C65E

secondary

#3757B4

accent

#40D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C65E

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

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