#ECB599#ECB599

#ECB599 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.075 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB599
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(20, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(20, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 16.22, 21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 27.31, 53.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% 0.0498 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.075 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8673, 53.1836, 37.4009)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB599 #99D0EC

analogous

#EC99A7 #ECB599 #ECDF99

triadic

#ECB599 #99ECB5 #B599EC

tetradic

#ECB599 #A7EC99 #99D0EC #DF99EC

square

#ECB599 #A7EC99 #99D0EC #DF99EC

split-complementary

#ECB599 #99ECDF #99A7EC

monochromatic

#D96A32 #E29065 #ECB599 #F6DACD #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#ECB599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB599

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB599	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.075 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cbb7',
    500: '#ecb599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb599;
$custom-light: #f3cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.241,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8163,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB599

secondary

#62A5C8

accent

#91D115

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB599

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

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