#ECB496#ECB496

#ECB496 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.077 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB496
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(21, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 16.39, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 28.39, 54.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.0502 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.077 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4201, 52.6806, 36.0448)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB496 #96CEEC

analogous

#EC96A3 #ECB496 #ECDF96

triadic

#ECB496 #96ECB4 #B496EC

tetradic

#ECB496 #A3EC96 #96CEEC #DF96EC

square

#ECB496 #A3EC96 #96CEEC #DF96EC

split-complementary

#ECB496 #96ECDF #96A3EC

monochromatic

#D96A2E #E38F62 #ECB496 #F5D9CA #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ECB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#ECB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB496

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB496	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.077 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cab5',
    500: '#ecb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb496;
$custom-light: #f4cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.93,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8138,
    "c": 0.0772,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB496

secondary

#5FA3C7

accent

#8FD114

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB496

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

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