#E7CD99#E7CD99

#E7CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.074 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD99
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, 1.67, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 29.31, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% 0.0073 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.074 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5371, 62.9536, 39.0932)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD99 #99B3E7

analogous

#E7A699 #E7CD99 #DAE799

triadic

#E7CD99 #99E7CD #CD99E7

tetradic

#E7CD99 #99E7A6 #99B3E7 #E799DA

square

#E7CD99 #99E7A6 #99B3E7 #E799DA

split-complementary

#E7CD99 #99DAE7 #A699E7

monochromatic

#D09C36 #DBB567 #E7CD99 #F3E5CB #F9F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E7CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E7CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD99

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD99	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.074 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdcb7',
    500: '#e7cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd99;
$custom-light: #efdcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85774,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD99

secondary

#6382C1

accent

#56CA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD99

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

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