#ECC199#ECC199

#ECC199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.072 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC199
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(29, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, 9.88, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 27.75, 69.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0311 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.072 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4133, 58.2755, 38.2496)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC199 #99C4EC

analogous

#EC999B #ECC199 #ECEB99

triadic

#ECC199 #99ECC1 #C199EC

tetradic

#ECC199 #9BEC99 #99C4EC #EB99EC

square

#ECC199 #9BEC99 #99C4EC #EB99EC

split-complementary

#ECC199 #99ECEB #999BEC

monochromatic

#D98232 #E2A265 #ECC199 #F6E0CD #FAEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#ECC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC199

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC199	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.072 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d3b7',
    500: '#ecc199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc199;
$custom-light: #f3d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.916,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83899,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC199

secondary

#6296C8

accent

#76D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC199

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

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