#E4C596#E4C596

#E4C596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.071 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C596
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, 4.31, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 27.99, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% 0.0149 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.071 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4673, 58.6307, 37.1380)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C596 #96B5E4

analogous

#E49E96 #E4C596 #DCE496

triadic

#E4C596 #96E4C5 #C596E4

tetradic

#E4C596 #96E49E #96B5E4 #E496DC

square

#E4C596 #96E49E #96B5E4 #E496DC

split-complementary

#E4C596 #96DCE4 #9E96E4

monochromatic

#CB8F35 #D7AA65 #E4C596 #F1E0C7 #F9F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E4C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C596

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C596	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.071 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd6b5',
    500: '#e4c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c596;
$custom-light: #edd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.154,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83862,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C596

secondary

#6186BD

accent

#62C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C596

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

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