#E4CD96#E4CD96

#E4CD96 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.076 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD96
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, 0.15, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 30.36, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% 0.0028 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.076 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3323, 62.3606, 37.7597)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD96 #96ADE4

analogous

#E4A696 #E4CD96 #D4E496

triadic

#E4CD96 #96E4CD #CD96E4

tetradic

#E4CD96 #96E4A6 #96ADE4 #E496D4

square

#E4CD96 #96E4A6 #96ADE4 #E496D4

split-complementary

#E4CD96 #96D4E4 #A696E4

monochromatic

#CB9F35 #D7B665 #E4CD96 #F1E4C7 #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4CD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E4CD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD96

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD96	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.076 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddcb5',
    500: '#e4cd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd96;
$custom-light: #eddcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85448,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD96

secondary

#617CBD

accent

#50C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD96

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

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