#ECD49E#ECD49E

#ECD49E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.075 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD49E
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 158)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, 0.58, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 29.81, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% 0.0042 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.075 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3081, 67.3906, 41.9613)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD49E #9EB6EC

analogous

#ECAD9E #ECD49E #DDEC9E

triadic

#ECD49E #9EECD4 #D49EEC

tetradic

#ECD49E #9EECAD #9EB6EC #EC9EDD

square

#ECD49E #9EECAD #9EB6EC #EC9EDD

split-complementary

#ECD49E #9EDDEC #AD9EEC

monochromatic

#D8A738 #E2BD6B #ECD49E #F6EBD1 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#ECD49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD49E

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD49E	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.075 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1bb',
    500: '#ecd49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd49e;
$custom-light: #f3e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87702,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD49E

secondary

#6684C8

accent

#4FCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD49E

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

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