#ECD59E#ECD59E

#ECD59E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.076 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD59E
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, 0.07, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 30.14, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% 0.0027 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.076 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5589, 67.8921, 42.0449)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD59E #9EB5EC

analogous

#ECAE9E #ECD59E #DCEC9E

triadic

#ECD59E #9EECD5 #D59EEC

tetradic

#ECD59E #9EECAE #9EB5EC #EC9EDC

square

#ECD59E #9EECAE #9EB5EC #EC9EDC

split-complementary

#ECD59E #9EDCEC #AE9EEC

monochromatic

#D8A938 #E2BF6B #ECD59E #F6EBD1 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#ECD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD59E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD59E	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.076 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1bb',
    500: '#ecd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd59e;
$custom-light: #f3e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87901,
    "c": 0.07552,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD59E

secondary

#6683C8

accent

#4DCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD59E

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

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