#E9DEC5#E9DEC5

#E9DEC5 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.035 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DEC5
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(42, 15%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 15.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -0.32, 13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 13.62, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% 0.0018 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.035 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8030, 73.5985, 63.3412)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DEC5 #C5D0E9

analogous

#E9CCC5 #E9DEC5 #E2E9C5

triadic

#E9DEC5 #C5E9DE #DEC5E9

tetradic

#E9DEC5 #C5E9CC #C5D0E9 #E9C5E2

square

#E9DEC5 #C5E9CC #C5D0E9 #E9C5E2

split-complementary

#E9DEC5 #C5E2E9 #CCC5E9

monochromatic

#C7AC6C #D8C599 #E9DEC5 #F7F2E9 #F7F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E9DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DEC5

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DEC5	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.035 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e8d6',
    500: '#e9dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dec5;
$custom-light: #f0e8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9028,
    "c": 0.03537,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DEC5

secondary

#8E9FC4

accent

#58B82D

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DEC5

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

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