#E9C679#E9C679

#E9C679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.104 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C679
RGB	rgb(233, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(41, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 2.68, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 43.08, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% 0.0077 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.104 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2516, 59.0950, 26.4763)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C679 #799CE9

analogous

#E98E79 #E9C679 #D4E979

triadic

#E9C679 #79E9C6 #C679E9

tetradic

#E9C679 #79E98E #799CE9 #E979D4

square

#E9C679 #79E98E #799CE9 #E979D4

split-complementary

#E9C679 #79D4E9 #8E79E9

monochromatic

#C79321 #E0B044 #E9C679 #F2DCAE #FAF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E9C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E9C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C679

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C679	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.104 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d7a1',
    500: '#e9c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c679;
$custom-light: #f2d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84023,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C679

secondary

#456CC1

accent

#4ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C679

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

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