#E9CE99#E9CE99

#E9CE99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.075 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CE99
RGB	rgb(233, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(40, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, 1.92, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 29.93, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% 0.008 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.075 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4265, 63.7684, 39.2037)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CE99 #99B4E9

analogous

#E9A699 #E9CE99 #DCE999

triadic

#E9CE99 #99E9CE #CE99E9

tetradic

#E9CE99 #99E9A6 #99B4E9 #E999DC

square

#E9CE99 #99E9A6 #99B4E9 #E999DC

split-complementary

#E9CE99 #99DCE9 #A699E9

monochromatic

#D39E34 #DEB667 #E9CE99 #F4E6CB #FAF3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E9CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CE99

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CE99	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.075 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dcb7',
    500: '#e9ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ce99;
$custom-light: #f1dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86152,
    "c": 0.07512,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CE99

secondary

#6283C4

accent

#56CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CE99

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

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