#ECD499#ECD499

#ECD499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.080 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD499
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -0.01, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 32.27, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% 0.0022 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.08 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.8865, 67.2219, 39.7407)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD499 #99B1EC

analogous

#ECAB99 #ECD499 #DBEC99

triadic

#ECD499 #99ECD4 #D499EC

tetradic

#ECD499 #99ECAB #99B1EC #EC99DB

square

#ECD499 #99ECAB #99B1EC #EC99DB

split-complementary

#ECD499 #99DBEC #AB99EC

monochromatic

#D9A932 #E2BE65 #ECD499 #F6EACD #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#ECD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD499

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD499	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.080 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b7',
    500: '#ecd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd499;
$custom-light: #f3e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.651,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87608,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD499

secondary

#627FC8

accent

#4BD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD499

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

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