#ECB699#ECB699

#ECB699 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.074 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB699
RGB	rgb(236, 182, 153)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(21, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 15.69, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 27.27, 54.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% 0.0483 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.074 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0714, 53.5918, 37.4690)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB699 #99CFEC

analogous

#EC99A6 #ECB699 #ECE099

triadic

#ECB699 #99ECB6 #B699EC

tetradic

#ECB699 #A6EC99 #99CFEC #E099EC

square

#ECB699 #A6EC99 #99CFEC #E099EC

split-complementary

#ECB699 #99ECE0 #99A6EC

monochromatic

#D96C32 #E29165 #ECB699 #F6DBCD #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECB699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#ECB699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB699

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB699	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 182, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.074 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ccb7',
    500: '#ecb699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb699;
$custom-light: #f3ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.964,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB699

secondary

#62A4C8

accent

#8FD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB699

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

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