#ECC96E#ECC96E
#ECC96E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.117 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC96E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 201, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 77%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 53%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 53.4%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.24, 1.39, 49.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.24, 49.59, 88.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.75% 0.0025 0.1173) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.75% 0.117 88.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.2955, 60.7349, 23.4012) |
| Luminance | 0.6073 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.16
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.49
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.58
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.71
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.03
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC96E #6E91EC
analogous
#EC8A6E #ECC96E #D0EC6E
triadic
#ECC96E #6EECC9 #C96EEC
tetradic
#ECC96E #6EEC8A #6E91EC #EC6ED0
square
#ECC96E #6EEC8A #6E91EC #EC6ED0
split-complementary
#ECC96E #6ED0EC #8A6EEC
monochromatic
#C6961A #E5B538 #ECC96E #F3DDA4 #FAF1DA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#ECC96E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.15
#ECC96E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC96E
13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC96E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC96E | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.15 | 13.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC766
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D171
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDBCB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc96e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.117 88.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d99a',
500: '#ecc96e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc96e; $custom-light: #f5d99a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc96e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 201,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.333,
"s": 76.829,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84745,
"c": 0.11729,
"h": 88.8
},
"luminance": 0.60732
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC96E
secondary
#3B61C3
accent
#45D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F