#E8CD97#E8CD97

#E8CD97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.076 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD97
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 34.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, 1.82, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 30.44, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% 0.0076 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.076 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.6971, 63.0550, 38.2457)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD97 #97B2E8

analogous

#E8A497 #E8CD97 #DBE897

triadic

#E8CD97 #97E8CD #CD97E8

tetradic

#E8CD97 #97E8A4 #97B2E8 #E897DB

square

#E8CD97 #97E8A4 #97B2E8 #E897DB

split-complementary

#E8CD97 #97DBE8 #A497E8

monochromatic

#D29D33 #DDB565 #E8CD97 #F3E5C9 #F9F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E8CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E8CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD97

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD97	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)

#DACC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.076 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dcb6',
    500: '#e8cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd97;
$custom-light: #f0dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85825,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD97

secondary

#6181C2

accent

#55CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD97

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

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