#E5CD96#E5CD96

#E5CD96 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.076 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD96
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, 0.53, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 30.49, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% 0.0039 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.076 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6505, 62.5247, 37.7746)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD96 #96AEE5

analogous

#E5A696 #E5CD96 #D6E596

triadic

#E5CD96 #96E5CD #CD96E5

tetradic

#E5CD96 #96E5A6 #96AEE5 #E596D6

square

#E5CD96 #96E5A6 #96AEE5 #E596D6

split-complementary

#E5CD96 #96D6E5 #A696E5

monochromatic

#CD9E34 #D9B665 #E5CD96 #F1E4C7 #F9F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5CD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E5CD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD96

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD96	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.076 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcb5',
    500: '#e5cd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd96;
$custom-light: #eedcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85537,
    "c": 0.07622,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD96

secondary

#617DBF

accent

#51C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD96

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

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