#ECD599#ECD599

#ECD599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.081 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD599
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -0.53, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 32.61, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% 0.0008 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.081 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1372, 67.7234, 39.8242)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD599 #99B0EC

analogous

#ECAC99 #ECD599 #DAEC99

triadic

#ECD599 #99ECD5 #D599EC

tetradic

#ECD599 #99ECAC #99B0EC #EC99DA

square

#ECD599 #99ECAC #99B0EC #EC99DA

split-complementary

#ECD599 #99DAEC #AC99EC

monochromatic

#D9AB32 #E2C065 #ECD599 #F6EACD #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#ECD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD599

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD599	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.081 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b7',
    500: '#ecd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd599;
$custom-light: #f3e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.373,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87806,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD599

secondary

#627EC8

accent

#49D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD599

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

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