#ECD59A#ECD59A

#ECD59A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.080 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD59A
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 154)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -0.41, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 32.12, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% 0.0012 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.08 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.2202, 67.7566, 40.2610)
Luminance	0.6775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD59A #9AB1EC

analogous

#ECAC9A #ECD59A #DAEC9A

triadic

#ECD59A #9AECD5 #D59AEC

tetradic

#ECD59A #9AECAC #9AB1EC #EC9ADA

square

#ECD59A #9AECAC #9AB1EC #EC9ADA

split-complementary

#ECD59A #9ADAEC #AC9AEC

monochromatic

#D9AA33 #E2C066 #ECD59A #F6EACE #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#ECD59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD59A

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD59A	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.080 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b8',
    500: '#ecd59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd59a;
$custom-light: #f3e1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87825,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD59A

secondary

#627FC8

accent

#4AD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD59A

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

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