#E5CD99#E5CD99

#E5CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.073 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD99
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(41, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, 0.89, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 29.01, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% 0.0051 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.073 86)
XYZ	xyz(59.8952, 62.6226, 39.0631)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD99 #99B1E5

analogous

#E5A799 #E5CD99 #D7E599

triadic

#E5CD99 #99E5CD #CD99E5

tetradic

#E5CD99 #99E5A7 #99B1E5 #E599D7

square

#E5CD99 #99E5A7 #99B1E5 #E599D7

split-complementary

#E5CD99 #99D7E5 #A799E5

monochromatic

#CC9D37 #D9B568 #E5CD99 #F1E5CA #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#E5CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD99

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD99	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.073 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcb7',
    500: '#e5cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd99;
$custom-light: #eedcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85595,
    "c": 0.07284,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.62621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD99

secondary

#6380BF

accent

#54C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD99

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

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