#ECC99C#ECC99C

#ECC99C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.071 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC99C
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(34, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, 6.05, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 27.76, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% 0.02 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.071 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4807, 62.0089, 40.1765)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC99C #9CBFEC

analogous

#ECA19C #ECC99C #E7EC9C

triadic

#ECC99C #9CECC9 #C99CEC

tetradic

#ECC99C #9CECA1 #9CBFEC #EC9CE7

square

#ECC99C #9CECA1 #9CBFEC #EC9CE7

split-complementary

#ECC99C #9CE7EC #A19CEC

monochromatic

#D89135 #E2AD69 #ECC99C #F6E5CF #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECC99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#ECC99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC99C

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC99C	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.071 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9b9',
    500: '#ecc99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc99c;
$custom-light: #f3d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85504,
    "c": 0.07106,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC99C

secondary

#6490C8

accent

#67D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC99C

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

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