#ECC79B#ECC79B

#ECC79B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.071 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC79B
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, 6.97, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 27.82, 75.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% 0.0227 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.071 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9332, 61.0488, 39.5780)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC79B #9BC0EC

analogous

#EC9F9B #ECC79B #E8EC9B

triadic

#ECC79B #9BECC7 #C79BEC

tetradic

#ECC79B #9BEC9F #9BC0EC #EC9BE8

square

#ECC79B #9BEC9F #9BC0EC #EC9BE8

split-complementary

#ECC79B #9BE8EC #9F9BEC

monochromatic

#D88D34 #E2AA68 #ECC79B #F6E4CE #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#ECC79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC79B

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC79B	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.071 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d8b8',
    500: '#ecc79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc79b;
$custom-light: #f3d8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.593,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85096,
    "c": 0.07145,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC79B

secondary

#6391C8

accent

#6BD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC79B

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

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