#ECD199#ECD199

#ECD199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.078 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD199
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, 1.53, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 31.30, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% 0.0067 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.078 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1435, 65.7360, 39.4930)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD199 #99B4EC

analogous

#ECA899 #ECD199 #DEEC99

triadic

#ECD199 #99ECD1 #D199EC

tetradic

#ECD199 #99ECA8 #99B4EC #EC99DE

square

#ECD199 #99ECA8 #99B4EC #EC99DE

split-complementary

#ECD199 #99DEEC #A899EC

monochromatic

#D9A232 #E2BA65 #ECD199 #F6E8CD #FAF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#ECD199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD199

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD199	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.078 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dfb7',
    500: '#ecd199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd199;
$custom-light: #f3dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.482,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87014,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD199

secondary

#6283C8

accent

#52D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD199

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →