#E5CC99#E5CC99

#E5CC99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.072 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC99
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, 1.41, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 28.69, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% 0.0066 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.072 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.6567, 62.1457, 38.9837)
Luminance	0.6214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC99 #99B2E5

analogous

#E5A699 #E5CC99 #D8E599

triadic

#E5CC99 #99E5CC #CC99E5

tetradic

#E5CC99 #99E5A6 #99B2E5 #E599D8

square

#E5CC99 #99E5A6 #99B2E5 #E599D8

split-complementary

#E5CC99 #99D8E5 #A699E5

monochromatic

#CC9B37 #D9B468 #E5CC99 #F1E4CA #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5CC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E5CC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC99

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC99	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.072 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedbb7',
    500: '#e5cc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc99;
$custom-light: #eedbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.263,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC99

secondary

#6381BF

accent

#56C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC99

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →