#E9C871#E9C871

#E9C871 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.113 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C871
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 0.93, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 47.47, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% 0.0017 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.113 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2414, 59.8272, 24.1523)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C871 #7192E9

analogous

#E98C71 #E9C871 #CEE971

triadic

#E9C871 #71E9C8 #C871E9

tetradic

#E9C871 #71E98C #7192E9 #E971CE

square

#E9C871 #71E98C #7192E9 #E971CE

split-complementary

#E9C871 #71CEE9 #8C71E9

monochromatic

#C2951E #E1B33C #E9C871 #F1DDA6 #F9F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E9C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C871

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C871	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.113 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d89b',
    500: '#e9c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c871;
$custom-light: #f2d89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84305,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C871

secondary

#3E62C0

accent

#46D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C871

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

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