#E9C665#E9C665

#E9C665 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.123 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C665
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 101)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, 1.00, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 52.47, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% 0.0005 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.123 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1498, 58.6543, 20.6732)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C665 #6588E9

analogous

#E98465 #E9C665 #CAE965

triadic

#E9C665 #65E9C6 #C665E9

tetradic

#E9C665 #65E984 #6588E9 #E965CA

square

#E9C665 #65E984 #6588E9 #E965CA

split-complementary

#E9C665 #65CAE9 #8465E9

monochromatic

#B98F1A #E1B22F #E9C665 #F1DA9B #F8EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E9C665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C665

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C665	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.123 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d793',
    500: '#e9c665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c665;
$custom-light: #f3d793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83753,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C665

secondary

#3A5BB9

accent

#44D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C665

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

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