#ECB299#ECB299

#ECB299 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.076 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB299
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(18, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 17.81, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 27.53, 49.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0546 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.076 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2639, 51.9768, 37.1998)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB299 #99D3EC

analogous

#EC99AA #ECB299 #ECDC99

triadic

#ECB299 #99ECB2 #B299EC

tetradic

#ECB299 #AAEC99 #99D3EC #DC99EC

square

#ECB299 #AAEC99 #99D3EC #DC99EC

split-complementary

#ECB299 #99ECDC #99AAEC

monochromatic

#D96432 #E28B65 #ECB299 #F6D9CD #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#ECB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB299

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB299	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.076 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c9b7',
    500: '#ecb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb299;
$custom-light: #f4c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.072,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81073,
    "c": 0.07633,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB299

secondary

#62A9C8

accent

#98D115

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB299

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

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