#ECC59E#ECC59E

#ECC59E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.068 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC59E
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(30, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, 8.38, 24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 26.14, 71.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% 0.027 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.068 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7311, 60.2366, 40.7690)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC59E #9EC5EC

analogous

#EC9E9E #ECC59E #ECEC9E

triadic

#ECC59E #9EECC5 #C59EEC

tetradic

#ECC59E #9EEC9E #9EC5EC #EC9EEC

square

#ECC59E #9EEC9E #9EC5EC #EC9EEC

split-complementary

#ECC59E #9EECEC #9E9EEC

monochromatic

#D88838 #E2A66B #ECC59E #F6E4D1 #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#ECC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC59E

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC59E	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.068 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d6bb',
    500: '#ecc59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc59e;
$custom-light: #f3d6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8477,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC59E

secondary

#6697C8

accent

#73CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC59E

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

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