#ECD496#ECD496

#ECD496 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.084 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD496
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -0.36, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 33.75, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% 0.0011 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.084 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6418, 67.1240, 38.4521)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD496 #96AEEC

analogous

#ECA996 #ECD496 #D9EC96

triadic

#ECD496 #96ECD4 #D496EC

tetradic

#ECD496 #96ECA9 #96AEEC #EC96D9

square

#ECD496 #96ECA9 #96AEEC #EC96D9

split-complementary

#ECD496 #96D9EC #A996EC

monochromatic

#D9AA2E #E3BF62 #ECD496 #F5E9CA #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#ECD496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD496

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD496	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)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.084 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b5',
    500: '#ecd496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd496;
$custom-light: #f3e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87553,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD496

secondary

#5F7CC7

accent

#49D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD496

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

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