#ECC79A#ECC79A

#ECC79A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.072 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC79A
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 154)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(33, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, 6.85, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 28.27, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% 0.0223 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.072 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8496, 61.0154, 39.1375)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC79A #9ABFEC

analogous

#EC9E9A #ECC79A #E8EC9A

triadic

#ECC79A #9AECC7 #C79AEC

tetradic

#ECC79A #9AEC9E #9ABFEC #EC9AE8

square

#ECC79A #9AEC9E #9ABFEC #EC9AE8

split-complementary

#ECC79A #9AE8EC #9E9AEC

monochromatic

#D98E33 #E2AA66 #ECC79A #F6E4CE #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#ECC79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC79A

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC79A	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.072 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d7b8',
    500: '#ecc79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc79a;
$custom-light: #f3d7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.927,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85076,
    "c": 0.07244,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC79A

secondary

#6290C8

accent

#6AD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC79A

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

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