#E9C663#E9C663

#E9C663 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.124 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C663
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, 0.85, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 53.39, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0002 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.124 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0530, 58.6156, 20.1634)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C663 #6386E9

analogous

#E98363 #E9C663 #C9E963

triadic

#E9C663 #63E9C6 #C663E9

tetradic

#E9C663 #63E983 #6386E9 #E963C9

square

#E9C663 #63E983 #6386E9 #E963C9

split-complementary

#E9C663 #63C9E9 #8363E9

monochromatic

#B88E1A #E1B22D #E9C663 #F1DA99 #F8EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C663 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E9C663 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C663

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C663	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C663	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)

#D9C459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c663;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.124 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d792',
    500: '#e9c663',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c663;
$custom-light: #f3d792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c663",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83729,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C663

secondary

#395AB7

accent

#43D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C663

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

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