#ECD49D#ECD49D

#ECD49D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.076 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD49D
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 157)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, 0.46, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 30.30, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% 0.0038 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.076 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2224, 67.3563, 41.5098)
Luminance	0.6735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD49D #9DB5EC

analogous

#ECAD9D #ECD49D #DDEC9D

triadic

#ECD49D #9DECD4 #D49DEC

tetradic

#ECD49D #9DECAD #9DB5EC #EC9DDD

square

#ECD49D #9DECAD #9DB5EC #EC9DDD

split-complementary

#ECD49D #9DDDEC #AD9DEC

monochromatic

#D8A736 #E2BE6A #ECD49D #F6EAD0 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#ECD49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD49D

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD49D	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.076 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1ba',
    500: '#ecd49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd49d;
$custom-light: #f3e1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87683,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD49D

secondary

#6583C8

accent

#4ECF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD49D

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

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