#E2C899#E2C899

#E2C899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.068 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C899
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(39, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, 2.34, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 27.00, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% 0.0093 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.068 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7690, 59.7792, 38.6263)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C899 #99B3E2

analogous

#E2A499 #E2C899 #D8E299

triadic

#E2C899 #99E2C8 #C899E2

tetradic

#E2C899 #99E2A4 #99B3E2 #E299D8

square

#E2C899 #99E2A4 #99B3E2 #E299D8

split-complementary

#E2C899 #99D8E2 #A499E2

monochromatic

#C7953A #D4AE69 #E2C899 #F0E2C9 #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2C899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E2C899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C899

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C899	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.068 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd8b7',
    500: '#e2c899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c899;
$custom-light: #ecd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84333,
    "c": 0.0683,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C899

secondary

#6483BB

accent

#5CC322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C899

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

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