#ECD197#ECD197

#ECD197 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.081 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD197
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(41, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, 1.30, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 32.28, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% 0.006 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.081 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.9797, 65.6705, 38.6303)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD197 #97B2EC

analogous

#ECA697 #ECD197 #DCEC97

triadic

#ECD197 #97ECD1 #D197EC

tetradic

#ECD197 #97ECA6 #97B2EC #EC97DC

square

#ECD197 #97ECA6 #97B2EC #EC97DC

split-complementary

#ECD197 #97DCEC #A697EC

monochromatic

#D9A330 #E3BA63 #ECD197 #F5E8CB #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#ECD197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD197

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD197	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)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.081 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dfb6',
    500: '#ecd197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd197;
$custom-light: #f3dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.941,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86976,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD197

secondary

#6081C8

accent

#50D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD197

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

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