#ECC99D#ECC99D

#ECC99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.070 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC99D
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, 6.17, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 27.30, 76.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% 0.0205 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.07 73)
XYZ	xyz(61.5657, 62.0430, 40.6243)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC99D #9DC0EC

analogous

#ECA29D #ECC99D #E7EC9D

triadic

#ECC99D #9DECC9 #C99DEC

tetradic

#ECC99D #9DECA2 #9DC0EC #EC9DE7

square

#ECC99D #9DECA2 #9DC0EC #EC9DE7

split-complementary

#ECC99D #9DE7EC #A29DEC

monochromatic

#D89136 #E2AD6A #ECC99D #F6E5D0 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#ECC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC99D

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC99D	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.070 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9ba',
    500: '#ecc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc99d;
$custom-light: #f3d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.418,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85524,
    "c": 0.07004,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.6204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC99D

secondary

#6591C8

accent

#68CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC99D

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

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