#E1CD99#E1CD99

#E1CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.071 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD99
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 32%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -0.65, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 28.48, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% 0.0007 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.071 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6332, 61.9719, 39.0040)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD99 #99ADE1

analogous

#E1A999 #E1CD99 #D1E199

triadic

#E1CD99 #99E1CD #CD99E1

tetradic

#E1CD99 #99E1A9 #99ADE1 #E199D1

square

#E1CD99 #99E1A9 #99ADE1 #E199D1

split-complementary

#E1CD99 #99D1E1 #A999E1

monochromatic

#C59F3A #D3B66A #E1CD99 #EFE4C8 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E1CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E1CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD99

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD99	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.071 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdcb7',
    500: '#e1cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd99;
$custom-light: #ebdcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85241,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD99

secondary

#647CBA

accent

#50C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD99

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

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