#E5CE99#E5CE99

#E5CE99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.074 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE99
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, 0.38, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 29.34, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% 0.0036 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.074 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.1351, 63.1025, 39.1431)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE99 #99B0E5

analogous

#E5A899 #E5CE99 #D6E599

triadic

#E5CE99 #99E5CE #CE99E5

tetradic

#E5CE99 #99E5A8 #99B0E5 #E599D6

square

#E5CE99 #99E5A8 #99B0E5 #E599D6

split-complementary

#E5CE99 #99D6E5 #A899E5

monochromatic

#CC9F37 #D9B768 #E5CE99 #F1E5CA #F9F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E5CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE99

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE99	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.074 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcb7',
    500: '#e5ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce99;
$custom-light: #eedcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85794,
    "c": 0.07356,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE99

secondary

#637FBF

accent

#51C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE99

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

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