#ECC49F#ECC49F

#ECC49F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.067 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC49F
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 159)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(29, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 9.03, 23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 25.57, 69.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% 0.0289 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.067 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.5913, 59.8185, 41.1487)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC49F #9FC7EC

analogous

#EC9FA1 #ECC49F #ECEB9F

triadic

#ECC49F #9FECC4 #C49FEC

tetradic

#ECC49F #A1EC9F #9FC7EC #EB9FEC

square

#ECC49F #A1EC9F #9FC7EC #EB9FEC

split-complementary

#ECC49F #9FECEB #9FA1EC

monochromatic

#D88539 #E2A56C #ECC49F #F6E3D2 #FAEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#ECC49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC49F

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC49F	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.067 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d5bb',
    500: '#ecc49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc49f;
$custom-light: #f3d5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.831,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84599,
    "c": 0.06711,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC49F

secondary

#6799C8

accent

#76CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171412

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC49F

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

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