#ECB996#ECB996

#ECB996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.076 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB996
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 150)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(24, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, 13.74, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 28.36, 61.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% 0.0424 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.076 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4477, 54.7358, 36.3874)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB996 #96C9EC

analogous

#EC969E #ECB996 #ECE496

triadic

#ECB996 #96ECB9 #B996EC

tetradic

#ECB996 #9EEC96 #96C9EC #E496EC

square

#ECB996 #9EEC96 #96C9EC #E496EC

split-complementary

#ECB996 #96ECE4 #969EEC

monochromatic

#D9742E #E39662 #ECB996 #F5DCCA #FAEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ECB996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#ECB996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB996

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB996	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.076 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ceb5',
    500: '#ecb996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb996;
$custom-light: #f3ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.419,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82317,
    "c": 0.07557,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB996

secondary

#5F9DC7

accent

#84D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB996

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

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