#ECC699#ECC699

#ECC699 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.073 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC699
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(33, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, 7.25, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 28.54, 75.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% 0.0234 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.073 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5373, 60.5236, 38.6243)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC699 #99BFEC

analogous

#EC9D99 #ECC699 #E9EC99

triadic

#ECC699 #99ECC6 #C699EC

tetradic

#ECC699 #99EC9D #99BFEC #EC99E9

square

#ECC699 #99EC9D #99BFEC #EC99E9

split-complementary

#ECC699 #99E9EC #9D99EC

monochromatic

#D98C32 #E2A965 #ECC699 #F6E3CD #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECC699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#ECC699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC699

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC699	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.073 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d7b7',
    500: '#ecc699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc699;
$custom-light: #f3d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.53,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84862,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC699

secondary

#6290C8

accent

#6BD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC699

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

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