#ECC196#ECC196

#ECC196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.075 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC196
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(30, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, 9.52, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 29.05, 70.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0299 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.075 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.1686, 58.1776, 36.9610)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC196 #96C1EC

analogous

#EC9696 #ECC196 #ECEC96

triadic

#ECC196 #96ECC1 #C196EC

tetradic

#ECC196 #96EC96 #96C1EC #EC96EC

square

#ECC196 #96EC96 #96C1EC #EC96EC

split-complementary

#ECC196 #96ECEC #9696EC

monochromatic

#D9842E #E3A262 #ECC196 #F5E0CA #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#ECC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC196

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC196	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.075 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d3b5',
    500: '#ecc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc196;
$custom-light: #f3d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83839,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC196

secondary

#5F93C7

accent

#73D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC196

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

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