#E4CD97#E4CD97

#E4CD97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.075 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD97
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, 0.27, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 29.86, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% 0.0032 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.075 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4131, 62.3930, 38.1855)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD97 #97AEE4

analogous

#E4A797 #E4CD97 #D5E497

triadic

#E4CD97 #97E4CD #CD97E4

tetradic

#E4CD97 #97E4A7 #97AEE4 #E497D5

square

#E4CD97 #97E4A7 #97AEE4 #E497D5

split-complementary

#E4CD97 #97D5E4 #A797E4

monochromatic

#CB9E36 #D7B666 #E4CD97 #F1E4C8 #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#E4CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD97

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD97	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.075 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddcb6',
    500: '#e4cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd97;
$custom-light: #eddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85468,
    "c": 0.07474,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD97

secondary

#627DBD

accent

#51C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD97

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

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