#ECD696#ECD696

#ECD696 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.085 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD696
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -1.39, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 34.44, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0019 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.085 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.1449, 68.1301, 38.6198)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD696 #96ACEC

analogous

#ECAB96 #ECD696 #D7EC96

triadic

#ECD696 #96ECD6 #D696EC

tetradic

#ECD696 #96ECAB #96ACEC #EC96D7

square

#ECD696 #96ECAB #96ACEC #EC96D7

split-complementary

#ECD696 #96D7EC #AB96EC

monochromatic

#D9AE2E #E3C262 #ECD696 #F5EACA #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#ECD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD696

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD696	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.085 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b5',
    500: '#ecd696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd696;
$custom-light: #f3e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87951,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD696

secondary

#5F7AC7

accent

#45D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD696

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

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