#ECB98C#ECB98C

#ECB98C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.084 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB98C
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 140)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(28, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 40.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, 12.61, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 32.43, 67.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% 0.0384 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.084 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6766, 54.4274, 32.3261)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB98C #8CBFEC

analogous

#EC8C8F #ECB98C #ECE98C

triadic

#ECB98C #8CECB9 #B98CEC

tetradic

#ECB98C #8FEC8C #8CBFEC #E98CEC

square

#ECB98C #8FEC8C #8CBFEC #E98CEC

split-complementary

#ECB98C #8CECE9 #8C8FEC

monochromatic

#DA7924 #E39957 #ECB98C #F5D9C1 #FBEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECB98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#ECB98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB98C

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB98C	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.084 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ceae',
    500: '#ecb98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb98c;
$custom-light: #f4ceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82119,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB98C

secondary

#5592C7

accent

#79D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFAF7

border

#D7D3D0

text

#171310

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB98C

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

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