#E9C660#E9C660

#E9C660 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.127 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C660
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, 0.63, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 54.75, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0011 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.127 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9122, 58.5593, 19.4221)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C660 #6083E9

analogous

#E98260 #E9C660 #C7E960

triadic

#E9C660 #60E9C6 #C660E9

tetradic

#E9C660 #60E982 #6083E9 #E960C7

square

#E9C660 #60E982 #6083E9 #E960C7

split-complementary

#E9C660 #60C7E9 #8260E9

monochromatic

#B58E19 #E2B32A #E9C660 #F0D996 #F8EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E9C660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C660

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C660	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.127 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d790',
    500: '#e9c660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c660;
$custom-light: #f3d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83695,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C660

secondary

#3858B5

accent

#41D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C660

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

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