#E7C596#E7C596

#E7C596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.073 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C596
RGB	rgb(231, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(35, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, 5.48, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 28.60, 78.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0182 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.073 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4275, 59.1258, 37.1830)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C596 #96B8E7

analogous

#E79D96 #E7C596 #E1E796

triadic

#E7C596 #96E7C5 #C596E7

tetradic

#E7C596 #96E79D #96B8E7 #E796E1

square

#E7C596 #96E79D #96B8E7 #E796E1

split-complementary

#E7C596 #96E1E7 #9D96E7

monochromatic

#D08E32 #DCA964 #E7C596 #F2E1C8 #F9F1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E7C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E7C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C596

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C596	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.073 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d6b5',
    500: '#e7c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c596;
$custom-light: #f0d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.815,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8414,
    "c": 0.07269,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C596

secondary

#6089C1

accent

#65CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C596

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

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