#E9C666#E9C666

#E9C666 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.122 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C666
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 1.08, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 52.02, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% 0.0009 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.122 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1990, 58.6740, 20.9329)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C666 #6689E9

analogous

#E98466 #E9C666 #CBE966

triadic

#E9C666 #66E9C6 #C666E9

tetradic

#E9C666 #66E984 #6689E9 #E966CB

square

#E9C666 #66E984 #6689E9 #E966CB

split-complementary

#E9C666 #66CBE9 #8466E9

monochromatic

#BA8F1B #E1B230 #E9C666 #F1DA9C #F8EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E9C666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E9C666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C666

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C666	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)

#D9C45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.122 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d794',
    500: '#e9c666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c666;
$custom-light: #f3d794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83765,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C666

secondary

#3A5CB9

accent

#44D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C666

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

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