#ECD596#ECD596

#ECD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.085 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD596
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -0.87, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 34.09, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0004 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.085 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8926, 67.6255, 38.5357)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD596 #96ADEC

analogous

#ECAA96 #ECD596 #D8EC96

triadic

#ECD596 #96ECD5 #D596EC

tetradic

#ECD596 #96ECAA #96ADEC #EC96D8

square

#ECD596 #96ECAA #96ADEC #EC96D8

split-complementary

#ECD596 #96D8EC #AA96EC

monochromatic

#D9AC2E #E3C062 #ECD596 #F5EACA #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#ECD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD596

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD596	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.085 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b5',
    500: '#ecd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd596;
$custom-light: #f3e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.953,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87752,
    "c": 0.08453,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD596

secondary

#5F7BC7

accent

#47D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD596

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

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