#ECC599#ECC599

#ECC599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.073 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC599
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, 7.78, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 28.35, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% 0.025 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.073 70)
XYZ	xyz(60.3095, 60.0679, 38.5483)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC599 #99C0EC

analogous

#EC9C99 #ECC599 #EAEC99

triadic

#ECC599 #99ECC5 #C599EC

tetradic

#ECC599 #99EC9C #99C0EC #EC99EA

square

#ECC599 #99EC9C #99C0EC #EC99EA

split-complementary

#ECC599 #99EAEC #9C99EC

monochromatic

#D98A32 #E2A865 #ECC599 #F6E2CD #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#ECC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC599

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC599	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.073 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d6b7',
    500: '#ecc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc599;
$custom-light: #f3d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.807,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84669,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.60065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC599

secondary

#6292C8

accent

#6DD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC599

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

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