#ECC99E#ECC99E

#ECC99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.069 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC99E
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, 6.29, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 26.85, 76.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% 0.0208 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.069 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6515, 62.0772, 41.0757)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC99E #9EC1EC

analogous

#ECA29E #ECC99E #E8EC9E

triadic

#ECC99E #9EECC9 #C99EEC

tetradic

#ECC99E #9EECA2 #9EC1EC #EC9EE8

square

#ECC99E #9EECA2 #9EC1EC #EC9EE8

split-complementary

#ECC99E #9EE8EC #A29EEC

monochromatic

#D89038 #E2AD6B #ECC99E #F6E5D1 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#ECC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC99E

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC99E	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.069 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9bb',
    500: '#ecc99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc99e;
$custom-light: #f3d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.077,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85544,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC99E

secondary

#6692C8

accent

#69CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC99E

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

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