#ECB499#ECB499

#ECB499 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.075 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB499
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(20, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(20, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 16.75, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 27.37, 52.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% 0.0514 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.075 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6647, 52.7784, 37.3334)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB499 #99D1EC

analogous

#EC99A8 #ECB499 #ECDE99

triadic

#ECB499 #99ECB4 #B499EC

tetradic

#ECB499 #A8EC99 #99D1EC #DE99EC

square

#ECB499 #A8EC99 #99D1EC #DE99EC

split-complementary

#ECB499 #99ECDE #99A8EC

monochromatic

#D96832 #E28E65 #ECB499 #F6DACD #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ECB499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#ECB499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB499

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB499	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.075 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cab7',
    500: '#ecb499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb499;
$custom-light: #f3cab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.518,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB499

secondary

#62A6C8

accent

#94D115

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB499

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

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