#ECD299#ECD299

#ECD299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.079 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD299
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(41, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, 1.02, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 31.62, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% 0.0052 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.079 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.3896, 66.2282, 39.5750)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD299 #99B3EC

analogous

#ECA999 #ECD299 #DDEC99

triadic

#ECD299 #99ECD2 #D299EC

tetradic

#ECD299 #99ECA9 #99B3EC #EC99DD

square

#ECD299 #99ECA9 #99B3EC #EC99DD

split-complementary

#ECD299 #99DDEC #A999EC

monochromatic

#D9A432 #E2BB65 #ECD299 #F6E9CD #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#ECD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD299

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD299	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.079 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dfb7',
    500: '#ecd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd299;
$custom-light: #f3dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.205,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87211,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD299

secondary

#6282C8

accent

#50D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD299

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

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