#E5CD97#E5CD97

#E5CD97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.075 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD97
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, 0.65, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 30.00, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% 0.0043 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.075 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7314, 62.5570, 38.2005)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD97 #97AFE5

analogous

#E5A697 #E5CD97 #D6E597

triadic

#E5CD97 #97E5CD #CD97E5

tetradic

#E5CD97 #97E5A6 #97AFE5 #E597D6

square

#E5CD97 #97E5A6 #97AFE5 #E597D6

split-complementary

#E5CD97 #97D6E5 #A697E5

monochromatic

#CD9E35 #D9B566 #E5CD97 #F1E5C8 #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#E5CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD97

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD97	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.075 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcb6',
    500: '#e5cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd97;
$custom-light: #eedcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85557,
    "c": 0.07509,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD97

secondary

#627EBF

accent

#52C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD97

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

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