#ECC996#ECC996

#ECC996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.077 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC996
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(36, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, 5.34, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 30.56, 79.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% 0.0177 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.077 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9852, 61.8107, 37.5665)
Luminance	0.6181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC996 #96B9EC

analogous

#EC9E96 #ECC996 #E4EC96

triadic

#ECC996 #96ECC9 #C996EC

tetradic

#ECC996 #96EC9E #96B9EC #EC96E4

square

#ECC996 #96EC9E #96B9EC #EC96E4

split-complementary

#ECC996 #96E4EC #9E96EC

monochromatic

#D9942E #E3AE62 #ECC996 #F5E4CA #FAF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECC996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#ECC996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC996

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC996	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.077 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9b5',
    500: '#ecc996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc996;
$custom-light: #f3d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.581,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85387,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC996

secondary

#5F89C7

accent

#61D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC996

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

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