#E9C869#E9C869

#E9C869 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C869
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, 0.27, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 51.21, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0011 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8107, 59.6549, 21.8840)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C869 #698AE9

analogous

#E98869 #E9C869 #CAE969

triadic

#E9C869 #69E9C8 #C869E9

tetradic

#E9C869 #69E988 #698AE9 #E969CA

square

#E9C869 #69E988 #698AE9 #E969CA

split-complementary

#E9C869 #69CAE9 #8869E9

monochromatic

#BC931C #E1B434 #E9C869 #F1DC9E #F9EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E9C869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C869

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C869	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d896',
    500: '#e9c869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c869;
$custom-light: #f3d896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.842,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C869

secondary

#3B5CBB

accent

#42D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C869

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

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