#ECD697#ECD697

#ECD697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.084 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD697
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -1.27, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 33.95, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0015 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.084 91)
XYZ	xyz(64.2257, 68.1625, 39.0457)
Luminance	0.6816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD697 #97ADEC

analogous

#ECAB97 #ECD697 #D7EC97

triadic

#ECD697 #97ECD6 #D697EC

tetradic

#ECD697 #97ECAB #97ADEC #EC97D7

square

#ECD697 #97ECAB #97ADEC #EC97D7

split-complementary

#ECD697 #97D7EC #AB97EC

monochromatic

#D9AD30 #E3C263 #ECD697 #F5EACB #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#ECD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD697

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD697	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)

#E4D493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.084 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b6',
    500: '#ecd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd697;
$custom-light: #f3e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.471,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87969,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.6816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD697

secondary

#607BC8

accent

#45D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD697

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

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