#ECD495#ECD495

#ECD495 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.085 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD495
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 149)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -0.47, 34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 34.24, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% 0.0007 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.085 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5616, 67.0920, 38.0298)
Luminance	0.6709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD495 #95ADEC

analogous

#ECA895 #ECD495 #D9EC95

triadic

#ECD495 #95ECD4 #D495EC

tetradic

#ECD495 #95ECA8 #95ADEC #EC95D9

square

#ECD495 #95ECA8 #95ADEC #EC95D9

split-complementary

#ECD495 #95D9EC #A895EC

monochromatic

#D9AA2D #E3BF61 #ECD495 #F5E9C9 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#ECD495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD495

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD495	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.085 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b4',
    500: '#ecd495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd495;
$custom-light: #f3e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87535,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD495

secondary

#5E7BC7

accent

#48D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD495

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

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