#ECB596#ECB596

#ECB596 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.077 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB596
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, 15.86, 23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 28.35, 55.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% 0.0487 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.077 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6227, 53.0858, 36.1124)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB596 #96CDEC

analogous

#EC96A2 #ECB596 #ECE096

triadic

#ECB596 #96ECB5 #B596EC

tetradic

#ECB596 #A2EC96 #96CDEC #E096EC

square

#ECB596 #A2EC96 #96CDEC #E096EC

split-complementary

#ECB596 #96ECE0 #96A2EC

monochromatic

#D96C2E #E39062 #ECB596 #F5DACA #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#ECB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB596

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB596	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.077 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cbb5',
    500: '#ecb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb596;
$custom-light: #f4cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.628,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81566,
    "c": 0.07679,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB596

secondary

#5FA2C7

accent

#8DD114

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB596

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

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