#E9CE8A#E9CE8A

#E9CE8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.092 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE8A
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, 0.23, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 37.27, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% 0.0021 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.092 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2646, 63.3036, 33.0842)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE8A #8AA5E9

analogous

#E99E8A #E9CE8A #D5E98A

triadic

#E9CE8A #8AE9CE #CE8AE9

tetradic

#E9CE8A #8AE99E #8AA5E9 #E98AD5

square

#E9CE8A #8AE99E #8AA5E9 #E98AD5

split-complementary

#E9CE8A #8AD5E9 #9E8AE9

monochromatic

#D1A127 #DFB856 #E9CE8A #F3E4BE #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9CE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E9CE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE8A

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE8A	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.092 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dcad',
    500: '#e9ce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce8a;
$custom-light: #f1dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.947,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85881,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE8A

secondary

#5474C3

accent

#4AD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE8A

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

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