#E8CD99#E8CD99

#E8CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.074 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD99
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(39, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, 2.06, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 29.47, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% 0.0084 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.074 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8609, 63.1205, 39.1084)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD99 #99B4E8

analogous

#E8A599 #E8CD99 #DBE899

triadic

#E8CD99 #99E8CD #CD99E8

tetradic

#E8CD99 #99E8A5 #99B4E8 #E899DB

square

#E8CD99 #99E8A5 #99B4E8 #E899DB

split-complementary

#E8CD99 #99DBE8 #A599E8

monochromatic

#D19C35 #DDB567 #E8CD99 #F3E5CB #F9F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E8CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E8CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD99

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD99	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)

#E1D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.074 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dcb7',
    500: '#e8cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd99;
$custom-light: #f0dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.494,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85864,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD99

secondary

#6383C3

accent

#57CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD99

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

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