#ECC79D#ECC79D

#ECC79D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.069 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC79D
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(32, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, 7.21, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 26.91, 74.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% 0.0235 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.069 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.1026, 61.1166, 40.4699)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC79D #9DC2EC

analogous

#ECA09D #ECC79D #E9EC9D

triadic

#ECC79D #9DECC7 #C79DEC

tetradic

#ECC79D #9DECA0 #9DC2EC #EC9DE9

square

#ECC79D #9DECA0 #9DC2EC #EC9DE9

split-complementary

#ECC79D #9DE9EC #A09DEC

monochromatic

#D88C36 #E2AA6A #ECC79D #F6E4D0 #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#ECC79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC79D

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC79D	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.069 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d8ba',
    500: '#ecc79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc79d;
$custom-light: #f3d8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.899,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85136,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC79D

secondary

#6593C8

accent

#6DCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC79D

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

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