#ECC997#ECC997

#ECC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.076 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC997
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(35, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, 5.45, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 30.09, 79.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% 0.0181 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.076 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0660, 61.8431, 37.9924)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC997 #97BAEC

analogous

#EC9E97 #ECC997 #E4EC97

triadic

#ECC997 #97ECC9 #C997EC

tetradic

#ECC997 #97EC9E #97BAEC #EC97E4

square

#ECC997 #97EC9E #97BAEC #EC97E4

split-complementary

#ECC997 #97E4EC #9E97EC

monochromatic

#D99330 #E3AE63 #ECC997 #F5E4CB #FAF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#ECC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC997

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC997	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.076 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9b6',
    500: '#ecc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc997;
$custom-light: #f3d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85406,
    "c": 0.07617,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC997

secondary

#608AC8

accent

#62D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC997

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

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