#E9CD97#E9CD97

#E9CD97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.077 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD97
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, 2.21, 30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 30.60, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% 0.0087 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.077 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0227, 63.2229, 38.2610)
Luminance	0.6322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD97 #97B3E9

analogous

#E9A497 #E9CD97 #DCE997

triadic

#E9CD97 #97E9CD #CD97E9

tetradic

#E9CD97 #97E9A4 #97B3E9 #E997DC

square

#E9CD97 #97E9A4 #97B3E9 #E997DC

split-complementary

#E9CD97 #97DCE9 #A497E9

monochromatic

#D49C32 #DEB564 #E9CD97 #F4E5CA #FAF3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E9CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD97

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD97	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.077 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dcb6',
    500: '#e9cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd97;
$custom-light: #f1dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85916,
    "c": 0.0767,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD97

secondary

#6082C4

accent

#56CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD97

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

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