#E9CA72#E9CA72

#E9CA72 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.113 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA72
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -0.02, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 47.60, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.001 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.113 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7642, 60.7823, 24.6058)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA72 #7291E9

analogous

#E98E72 #E9CA72 #CCE972

triadic

#E9CA72 #72E9CA #CA72E9

tetradic

#E9CA72 #72E98E #7291E9 #E972CC

square

#E9CA72 #72E98E #7291E9 #E972CC

split-complementary

#E9CA72 #72CCE9 #8E72E9

monochromatic

#C2981E #E1B63D #E9CA72 #F1DEA7 #FAF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E9CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA72

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA72	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.113 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d99c',
    500: '#e9ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca72;
$custom-light: #f2d99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.37,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84717,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA72

secondary

#3E60C1

accent

#44D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA72

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

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