#ECB99E#ECB99E

#ECB99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.070 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB99E
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(21, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, 14.71, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 25.44, 54.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% 0.0456 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.07 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1140, 55.0024, 39.8966)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB99E #9ED1EC

analogous

#EC9EAA #ECB99E #ECE09E

triadic

#ECB99E #9EECB9 #B99EEC

tetradic

#ECB99E #AAEC9E #9ED1EC #E09EEC

square

#ECB99E #AAEC9E #9ED1EC #E09EEC

split-complementary

#ECB99E #9EECE0 #9EAAEC

monochromatic

#D86F38 #E2946B #ECB99E #F6DED1 #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#ECB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#ECB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB99E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB99E	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.070 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ceba',
    500: '#ecb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb99e;
$custom-light: #f3ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB99E

secondary

#66A6C8

accent

#8FCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB99E

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

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