#ECD397#ECD397

#ECD397 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.082 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD397
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(42, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, 0.27, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 32.92, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% 0.003 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.082 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4735, 66.6580, 38.7949)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD397 #97B0EC

analogous

#ECA897 #ECD397 #DAEC97

triadic

#ECD397 #97ECD3 #D397EC

tetradic

#ECD397 #97ECA8 #97B0EC #EC97DA

square

#ECD397 #97ECA8 #97B0EC #EC97DA

split-complementary

#ECD397 #97DAEC #A897EC

monochromatic

#D9A730 #E3BD63 #ECD397 #F5E9CB #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#ECD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD397

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD397	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.082 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e0b6',
    500: '#ecd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd397;
$custom-light: #f3e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87372,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD397

secondary

#607EC8

accent

#4CD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD397

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

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