#E1C596#E1C596

#E1C596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.069 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C596
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(38, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, 3.15, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 27.43, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% 0.0116 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.069 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.5236, 58.1441, 37.0938)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C596 #96B2E1

analogous

#E19F96 #E1C596 #D7E196

triadic

#E1C596 #96E1C5 #C596E1

tetradic

#E1C596 #96E19F #96B2E1 #E196D7

square

#E1C596 #96E19F #96B2E1 #E196D7

split-complementary

#E1C596 #96D7E1 #9F96E1

monochromatic

#C49038 #D3AB66 #E1C596 #EFDFC6 #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E1C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C596

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C596	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.069 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd6b5',
    500: '#e1c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c596;
$custom-light: #ebd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83587,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C596

secondary

#6182BA

accent

#5EC322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C596

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

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