#ECB399#ECB399

#ECB399 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.076 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB399
RGB	rgb(236, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(19, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, 17.28, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 27.44, 50.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.053 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.076 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4636, 52.3761, 37.2664)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB399 #99D2EC

analogous

#EC99A9 #ECB399 #ECDD99

triadic

#ECB399 #99ECB3 #B399EC

tetradic

#ECB399 #A9EC99 #99D2EC #DD99EC

square

#ECB399 #A9EC99 #99D2EC #DD99EC

split-complementary

#ECB399 #99ECDD #99A9EC

monochromatic

#D96632 #E28D65 #ECB399 #F6D9CD #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#ECB399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#ECB399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB399

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB399	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.076 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c9b7',
    500: '#ecb399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb399;
$custom-light: #f3c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.795,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81258,
    "c": 0.07578,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB399

secondary

#62A8C8

accent

#96D115

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB399

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

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