#E9CC8A#E9CC8A

#E9CC8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.090 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC8A
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 138)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, 1.26, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 36.64, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% 0.0051 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.09 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7861, 62.3468, 32.9247)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC8A #8AA7E9

analogous

#E99C8A #E9CC8A #D7E98A

triadic

#E9CC8A #8AE9CC #CC8AE9

tetradic

#E9CC8A #8AE99C #8AA7E9 #E98AD7

square

#E9CC8A #8AE99C #8AA7E9 #E98AD7

split-complementary

#E9CC8A #8AD7E9 #9C8AE9

monochromatic

#D19D27 #DFB656 #E9CC8A #F3E2BE #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E9CC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC8A

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC8A	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.090 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dbad',
    500: '#e9cc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc8a;
$custom-light: #f1dbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.684,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85483,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC8A

secondary

#5476C3

accent

#4ED015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC8A

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

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