#E9CC8D#E9CC8D

#E9CC8D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.087 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CC8D
RGB	rgb(233, 204, 141)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 39.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, 1.59, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 35.18, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% 0.0062 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.087 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0063, 62.4348, 34.0844)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CC8D #8DAAE9

analogous

#E99E8D #E9CC8D #D8E98D

triadic

#E9CC8D #8DE9CC #CC8DE9

tetradic

#E9CC8D #8DE99E #8DAAE9 #E98DD8

square

#E9CC8D #8DE99E #8DAAE9 #E98DD8

split-complementary

#E9CC8D #8DD8E9 #9E8DE9

monochromatic

#D39D29 #DFB55A #E9CC8D #F3E3C0 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E9CC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CC8D

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CC8D	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 204, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.087 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dbaf',
    500: '#e9cc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cc8d;
$custom-light: #f1dbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.087,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CC8D

secondary

#5779C3

accent

#50D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CC8D

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

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