#E9CD8D#E9CD8D

#E9CD8D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.088 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD8D
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 141)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 39.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, 1.07, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 35.48, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% 0.0047 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.088 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2448, 62.9117, 34.1639)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD8D #8DA9E9

analogous

#E99F8D #E9CD8D #D7E98D

triadic

#E9CD8D #8DE9CD #CD8DE9

tetradic

#E9CD8D #8DE99F #8DA9E9 #E98DD7

square

#E9CD8D #8DE99F #8DA9E9 #E98DD7

split-complementary

#E9CD8D #8DD7E9 #9F8DE9

monochromatic

#D39F29 #DFB65A #E9CD8D #F3E3C0 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E9CD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#E9CD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD8D

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD8D	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.088 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dcaf',
    500: '#e9cd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd8d;
$custom-light: #f1dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85733,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD8D

secondary

#5778C3

accent

#4ED016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD8D

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

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