#E4CD8A#E4CD8A
#E4CD8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.089 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CD8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 205, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 63%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 39%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 39.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.91, -1.23, 36.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.91, 36.31, 91.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.23% -0.002 0.0893) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.23% 0.089 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4150, 61.9937, 32.9288) |
| Luminance | 0.6199 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.20
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 5.18
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.63
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.06
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 6.11
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CD8A #8AA1E4
analogous
#E4A08A #E4CD8A #CEE48A
triadic
#E4CD8A #8AE4CD #CD8AE4
tetradic
#E4CD8A #8AE4A0 #8AA1E4 #E48ACE
square
#E4CD8A #8AE4A0 #8AA1E4 #E48ACE
split-complementary
#E4CD8A #8ACEE4 #A08AE4
monochromatic
#C69F2E #D9B858 #E4CD8A #EFE2BC #F9F4E6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E4CD8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.40
#E4CD8A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CD8A
13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CD8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CD8A | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.40 | 13.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBCB85
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1D18C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1C3BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4cd8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.089 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eedcad',
500: '#e4cd8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4cd8a; $custom-light: #eedcad; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4cd8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 205,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.667,
"s": 62.5,
"l": 71.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85231,
"c": 0.08931,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.61992
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CD8A
secondary
#5670BD
accent
#48CA1B
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFBF7
border
#D6D4D0
text
#161510
muted
#858481