#ECB99D#ECB99D

#ECB99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.070 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB99D
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(21, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, 14.59, 21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 25.78, 55.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% 0.0452 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.07 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0283, 54.9681, 39.4451)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB99D #9DD0EC

analogous

#EC9DA9 #ECB99D #ECE19D

triadic

#ECB99D #9DECB9 #B99DEC

tetradic

#ECB99D #A9EC9D #9DD0EC #E19DEC

square

#ECB99D #A9EC9D #9DD0EC #E19DEC

split-complementary

#ECB99D #9DECE1 #9DA9EC

monochromatic

#D87036 #E2946A #ECB99D #F6DED0 #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#ECB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#ECB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB99D

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB99D	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.070 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ceba',
    500: '#ecb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb99d;
$custom-light: #f3ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.266,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82465,
    "c": 0.07046,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB99D

secondary

#65A5C8

accent

#8ECF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB99D

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

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