#ECC596#ECC596

#ECC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.076 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC596
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(33, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, 7.43, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 29.71, 75.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% 0.0238 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.076 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0648, 59.9701, 37.2598)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC596 #96BDEC

analogous

#EC9A96 #ECC596 #E8EC96

triadic

#ECC596 #96ECC5 #C596EC

tetradic

#ECC596 #96EC9A #96BDEC #EC96E8

square

#ECC596 #96EC9A #96BDEC #EC96E8

split-complementary

#ECC596 #96E8EC #9A96EC

monochromatic

#D98C2E #E3A862 #ECC596 #F5E2CA #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#ECC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC596

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC596	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.076 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d6b5',
    500: '#ecc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc596;
$custom-light: #f3d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.791,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8461,
    "c": 0.07584,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC596

secondary

#5F8EC7

accent

#6AD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC596

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

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