#E2C596#E2C596

#E2C596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.070 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C596
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, 3.53, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 27.61, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0127 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.07 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8364, 58.3054, 37.1084)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C596 #96B3E2

analogous

#E29F96 #E2C596 #D9E296

triadic

#E2C596 #96E2C5 #C596E2

tetradic

#E2C596 #96E29F #96B3E2 #E296D9

square

#E2C596 #96E29F #96B3E2 #E296D9

split-complementary

#E2C596 #96D9E2 #9F96E2

monochromatic

#C79037 #D5AB66 #E2C596 #EFDFC6 #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E2C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C596

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C596	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.070 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd6b5',
    500: '#e2c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c596;
$custom-light: #ecd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.105,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83679,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C596

secondary

#6183BB

accent

#5FC421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C596

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

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