#E9C866#E9C866

#E9C866 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.123 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C866
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, 0.04, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 52.59, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0021 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.123 91)
XYZ	xyz(56.6592, 59.5943, 21.0862)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C866 #6687E9

analogous

#E98666 #E9C866 #C9E966

triadic

#E9C866 #66E9C8 #C866E9

tetradic

#E9C866 #66E986 #6687E9 #E966C9

square

#E9C866 #66E986 #6687E9 #E966C9

split-complementary

#E9C866 #66C9E9 #8666E9

monochromatic

#BA921B #E1B530 #E9C866 #F1DB9C #F8EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E9C866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E9C866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C866

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C866	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.123 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d894',
    500: '#e9c866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c866;
$custom-light: #f3d894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84164,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.59592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C866

secondary

#3A5AB9

accent

#41D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C866

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

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