#E9CD8A#E9CD8A

#E9CD8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.091 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD8A
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, 0.75, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 36.95, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% 0.0036 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.091 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0246, 62.8236, 33.0042)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD8A #8AA6E9

analogous

#E99E8A #E9CD8A #D5E98A

triadic

#E9CD8A #8AE9CD #CD8AE9

tetradic

#E9CD8A #8AE99E #8AA6E9 #E98AD5

square

#E9CD8A #8AE99E #8AA6E9 #E98AD5

split-complementary

#E9CD8A #8AD5E9 #9E8AE9

monochromatic

#D19F27 #DFB756 #E9CD8A #F3E3BE #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E9CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#E9CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD8A

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD8A	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.091 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dcad',
    500: '#e9cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd8a;
$custom-light: #f1dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.316,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85682,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD8A

secondary

#5475C3

accent

#4CD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD8A

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

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