#ECC49C#ECC49C

#ECC49C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.070 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC49C
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 156)
HSL	hsl(30, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(30, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, 8.66, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 26.86, 71.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% 0.0277 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.07 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3341, 59.7157, 39.7943)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC49C #9CC4EC

analogous

#EC9C9C #ECC49C #ECEC9C

triadic

#ECC49C #9CECC4 #C49CEC

tetradic

#ECC49C #9CEC9C #9CC4EC #EC9CEC

square

#ECC49C #9CEC9C #9CC4EC #EC9CEC

split-complementary

#ECC49C #9CECEC #9C9CEC

monochromatic

#D88735 #E2A569 #ECC49C #F6E3CF #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#ECC49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC49C

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC49C	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.070 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d5b9',
    500: '#ecc49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc49c;
$custom-light: #f3d5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84536,
    "c": 0.06989,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC49C

secondary

#6496C8

accent

#73D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC49C

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

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