#E2C697#E2C697

#E2C697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.069 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C697
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(38, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 33.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 3.13, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 27.40, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0116 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.069 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1450, 58.7934, 37.6103)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C697 #97B3E2

analogous

#E2A197 #E2C697 #D9E297

triadic

#E2C697 #97E2C6 #C697E2

tetradic

#E2C697 #97E2A1 #97B3E2 #E297D9

square

#E2C697 #97E2A1 #97B3E2 #E297D9

split-complementary

#E2C697 #97D9E2 #A197E2

monochromatic

#C79138 #D5AC67 #E2C697 #EFE0C7 #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E2C697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C697

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C697	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.069 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd7b6',
    500: '#e2c697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c697;
$custom-light: #ecd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83896,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C697

secondary

#6283BB

accent

#5EC422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C697

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

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