#E4CD99#E4CD99

#E4CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.072 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD99
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, 0.51, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 28.87, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% 0.004 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.072 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5769, 62.4585, 39.0482)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD99 #99B0E4

analogous

#E4A899 #E4CD99 #D6E499

triadic

#E4CD99 #99E4CD #CD99E4

tetradic

#E4CD99 #99E4A8 #99B0E4 #E499D6

square

#E4CD99 #99E4A8 #99B0E4 #E499D6

split-complementary

#E4CD99 #99D6E4 #A899E4

monochromatic

#CA9E38 #D7B569 #E4CD99 #F1E5C9 #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E4CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD99

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD99	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.072 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddcb7',
    500: '#e4cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd99;
$custom-light: #eddcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85506,
    "c": 0.07246,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD99

secondary

#647FBE

accent

#53C620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD99

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

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