#E2CD99#E2CD99

#E2CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.072 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD99
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -0.26, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 28.61, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% 0.0018 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.072 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9460, 62.1331, 39.0186)
Luminance	0.6213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD99 #99AEE2

analogous

#E2A999 #E2CD99 #D3E299

triadic

#E2CD99 #99E2CD #CD99E2

tetradic

#E2CD99 #99E2A9 #99AEE2 #E299D3

square

#E2CD99 #99E2A9 #99AEE2 #E299D3

split-complementary

#E2CD99 #99D3E2 #A999E2

monochromatic

#C79E3A #D4B669 #E2CD99 #F0E4C9 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E2CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD99

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD99	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.072 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdcb7',
    500: '#e2cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd99;
$custom-light: #ecdcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85329,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD99

secondary

#647DBB

accent

#51C322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD99

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

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