#ECA997#ECA997

#ECA997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.084 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA997
RGB	rgb(236, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(13, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 22.36, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 29.40, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% 0.068 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.084 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3678, 48.4466, 35.7597)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA997 #97DAEC

analogous

#EC97AF #ECA997 #ECD397

triadic

#ECA997 #97ECA9 #A997EC

tetradic

#ECA997 #AFEC97 #97DAEC #D397EC

square

#ECA997 #AFEC97 #97DAEC #D397EC

split-complementary

#ECA997 #97ECD3 #97AFEC

monochromatic

#D95330 #E37E63 #ECA997 #F5D4CB #FAEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ECA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#ECA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA997

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA997	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.084 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c3b5',
    500: '#eca997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca997;
$custom-light: #f4c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.706,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79383,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA997

secondary

#D9EDF2

accent

#A9D114

background

#FFFCFB

surface

#FFF8F6

border

#D7D1D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA997

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

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