#ECD196#ECD196

#ECD196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.082 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD196
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(41, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, 1.19, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 32.77, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% 0.0056 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.082 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8989, 65.6381, 38.2044)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD196 #96B1EC

analogous

#ECA696 #ECD196 #DCEC96

triadic

#ECD196 #96ECD1 #D196EC

tetradic

#ECD196 #96ECA6 #96B1EC #EC96DC

square

#ECD196 #96ECA6 #96B1EC #EC96DC

split-complementary

#ECD196 #96DCEC #A696EC

monochromatic

#D9A42E #E3BA62 #ECD196 #F5E8CA #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#ECD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD196

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD196	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.082 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dfb5',
    500: '#ecd196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd196;
$custom-light: #f3dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.163,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86958,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD196

secondary

#5F80C7

accent

#50D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD196

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

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