#ECD399#ECD399

#ECD399 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.080 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD399
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(42, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, 0.50, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 31.94, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% 0.0037 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.08 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6373, 66.7235, 39.6576)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD399 #99B2EC

analogous

#ECAA99 #ECD399 #DCEC99

triadic

#ECD399 #99ECD3 #D399EC

tetradic

#ECD399 #99ECAA #99B2EC #EC99DC

square

#ECD399 #99ECAA #99B2EC #EC99DC

split-complementary

#ECD399 #99DCEC #AA99EC

monochromatic

#D9A632 #E2BD65 #ECD399 #F6E9CD #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#ECD399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD399

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD399	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.080 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e0b7',
    500: '#ecd399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd399;
$custom-light: #f3e0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.928,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87409,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD399

secondary

#6280C8

accent

#4DD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD399

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

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