#ECC99F#ECC99F

#ECC99F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.068 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC99F
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, 6.41, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 26.39, 75.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% 0.0212 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.068 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7379, 62.1118, 41.5309)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC99F #9FC2EC

analogous

#ECA29F #ECC99F #E9EC9F

triadic

#ECC99F #9FECC9 #C99FEC

tetradic

#ECC99F #9FECA2 #9FC2EC #EC9FE9

square

#ECC99F #9FECA2 #9FC2EC #EC9FE9

split-complementary

#ECC99F #9FE9EC #A29FEC

monochromatic

#D89039 #E2AC6C #ECC99F #F6E6D2 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#ECC99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#ECC99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC99F

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC99F	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#D6CA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.068 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9bb',
    500: '#ecc99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc99f;
$custom-light: #f3d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85565,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC99F

secondary

#6793C8

accent

#6ACF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171412

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC99F

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

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