#E9C96D#E9C96D

#E9C96D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.117 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C96D
RGB	rgb(233, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, 0.08, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 49.65, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0012 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.117 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2535, 60.2038, 23.0698)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C96D #6D8DE9

analogous

#E98B6D #E9C96D #CBE96D

triadic

#E9C96D #6DE9C9 #C96DE9

tetradic

#E9C96D #6DE98B #6D8DE9 #E96DCB

square

#E9C96D #6DE98B #6D8DE9 #E96DCB

split-complementary

#E9C96D #6DCBE9 #8B6DE9

monochromatic

#BF951D #E1B538 #E9C96D #F1DDA2 #F9F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E9C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E9C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C96D

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C96D	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.117 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d999',
    500: '#e9c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c96d;
$custom-light: #f2d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84451,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C96D

secondary

#3C5EBE

accent

#43D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C96D

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

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