#E9C299#E9C299

#E9C299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.070 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C299
RGB	rgb(233, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(31, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 8.19, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 27.11, 72.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0263 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.07 68)
XYZ	xyz(58.6471, 58.2097, 38.2772)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C299 #99C0E9

analogous

#E99A99 #E9C299 #E8E999

triadic

#E9C299 #99E9C2 #C299E9

tetradic

#E9C299 #99E99A #99C0E9 #E999E8

square

#E9C299 #99E99A #99C0E9 #E999E8

split-complementary

#E9C299 #99E8E9 #9A99E9

monochromatic

#D38634 #DEA467 #E9C299 #F4E0CB #FAF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E9C299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E9C299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C299

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C299	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.070 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d4b7',
    500: '#e9c299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c299;
$custom-light: #f1d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83805,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.58207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C299

secondary

#6292C4

accent

#71CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C299

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

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