#E5CE97#E5CE97

#E5CE97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.076 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE97
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, 0.13, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 30.33, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% 0.0028 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.076 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9713, 63.0370, 38.2805)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE97 #97AEE5

analogous

#E5A797 #E5CE97 #D5E597

triadic

#E5CE97 #97E5CE #CE97E5

tetradic

#E5CE97 #97E5A7 #97AEE5 #E597D5

square

#E5CE97 #97E5A7 #97AEE5 #E597D5

split-complementary

#E5CE97 #97D5E5 #A797E5

monochromatic

#CDA035 #D9B766 #E5CE97 #F1E5C8 #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5CE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E5CE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE97

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE97	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.076 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcb6',
    500: '#e5ce97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce97;
$custom-light: #eedcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85756,
    "c": 0.07582,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE97

secondary

#627DBF

accent

#50C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE97

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

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