#ECB997#ECB997

#ECB997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.075 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB997
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(24, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, 13.86, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 27.98, 60.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.0428 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.075 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5286, 54.7682, 36.8133)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB997 #97CAEC

analogous

#EC979F #ECB997 #ECE397

triadic

#ECB997 #97ECB9 #B997EC

tetradic

#ECB997 #9FEC97 #97CAEC #E397EC

square

#ECB997 #9FEC97 #97CAEC #E397EC

split-complementary

#ECB997 #97ECE3 #979FEC

monochromatic

#D97330 #E39663 #ECB997 #F5DCCB #FAEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ECB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#ECB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB997

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB997	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)

#C8BD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.075 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ceb5',
    500: '#ecb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb997;
$custom-light: #f3ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82337,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB997

secondary

#609EC8

accent

#86D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB997

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

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