#E9C76C#E9C76C
#E9C76C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.117 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9C76C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 199, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 53.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.43, 1.03, 49.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.43, 49.52, 88.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.04% 0.0014 0.117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.04% 0.117 89.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7368, 59.2560, 22.6335) |
| Luminance | 0.5925 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.93
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.73
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.75
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.13
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.22
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9C76C #6C8EE9
analogous
#E9896C #E9C76C #CDE96C
triadic
#E9C76C #6CE9C7 #C76CE9
tetradic
#E9C76C #6CE989 #6C8EE9 #E96CCD
square
#E9C76C #6CE989 #6C8EE9 #E96CCD
split-complementary
#E9C76C #6CCDE9 #896CE9
monochromatic
#BE921C #E1B337 #E9C76C #F1DBA1 #F9F0D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E9C76C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.85
#E9C76C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9C76C
12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9C76C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9C76C | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.85 | 12.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C564
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CE6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABAB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9c76c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 199, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.117 89.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d798',
500: '#e9c76c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9c76c; $custom-light: #f3d798; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9c76c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 199,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.68,
"s": 73.964,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84039,
"c": 0.11701,
"h": 89.3
},
"luminance": 0.59253
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9C76C
secondary
#3C5FBD
accent
#45D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F