#E9C661#E9C661

#E9C661 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C661
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, 0.71, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 54.29, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0008 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9585, 58.5778, 19.6661)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C661 #6184E9

analogous

#E98261 #E9C661 #C8E961

triadic

#E9C661 #61E9C6 #C661E9

tetradic

#E9C661 #61E982 #6184E9 #E961C8

square

#E9C661 #61E982 #6184E9 #E961C8

split-complementary

#E9C661 #61C8E9 #8261E9

monochromatic

#B68E19 #E2B32B #E9C661 #F0D997 #F8EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E9C661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C661

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C661	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)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d791',
    500: '#e9c661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c661;
$custom-light: #f3d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83706,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C661

secondary

#3859B6

accent

#42D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C661

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

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