#ECC96D#ECC96D

#ECC96D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.118 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC96D
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, 1.31, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 50.06, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% 0.0022 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.118 89)
XYZ	xyz(58.2414, 60.7132, 23.1161)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC96D #6D90EC

analogous

#EC8A6D #ECC96D #CFEC6D

triadic

#ECC96D #6DECC9 #C96DEC

tetradic

#ECC96D #6DEC8A #6D90EC #EC6DCF

square

#ECC96D #6DEC8A #6D90EC #EC6DCF

split-complementary

#ECC96D #6DCFEC #8A6DEC

monochromatic

#C5961A #E5B537 #ECC96D #F3DDA3 #FAF1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#ECC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC96D

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC96D	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.118 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d999',
    500: '#ecc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc96d;
$custom-light: #f5d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84732,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.6071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC96D

secondary

#3A60C3

accent

#45D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC96D

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

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