#E2CD9D#E2CD9D

#E2CD9D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.067 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD9D
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 30.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, 0.24, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 26.61, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% 0.0034 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.067 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2819, 62.2675, 40.7878)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD9D #9DB2E2

analogous

#E2AA9D #E2CD9D #D5E29D

triadic

#E2CD9D #9DE2CD #CD9DE2

tetradic

#E2CD9D #9DE2AA #9DB2E2 #E29DD5

square

#E2CD9D #9DE2AA #9DB2E2 #E29DD5

split-complementary

#E2CD9D #9DD5E2 #AA9DE2

monochromatic

#C69D3F #D4B56E #E2CD9D #F0E5CC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2CD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E2CD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD9D

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD9D	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.067 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdcba',
    500: '#e2cd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd9d;
$custom-light: #ecdcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85409,
    "c": 0.06714,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD9D

secondary

#6881BB

accent

#54C224

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD9D

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

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