#ECC498#ECC498

#ECC498 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.074 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC498
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 152)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(31, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 35.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 8.18, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 28.63, 73.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% 0.0261 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.074 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0009, 59.5824, 38.0397)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC498 #98C0EC

analogous

#EC9A98 #ECC498 #EAEC98

triadic

#ECC498 #98ECC4 #C498EC

tetradic

#ECC498 #98EC9A #98C0EC #EC98EA

square

#ECC498 #98EC9A #98C0EC #EC98EA

split-complementary

#ECC498 #98EAEC #9A98EC

monochromatic

#D98931 #E2A664 #ECC498 #F6E2CC #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#ECC498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC498

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC498	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.074 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d5b6',
    500: '#ecc498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc498;
$custom-light: #f3d5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 68.852,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84456,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC498

secondary

#6192C8

accent

#6ED115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC498

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

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