#ECD699#ECD699

#ECD699 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.082 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD699
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -1.04, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 32.96, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0007 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.082 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3895, 68.2280, 39.9083)
Luminance	0.6823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD699 #99AFEC

analogous

#ECAD99 #ECD699 #D9EC99

triadic

#ECD699 #99ECD6 #D699EC

tetradic

#ECD699 #99ECAD #99AFEC #EC99D9

square

#ECD699 #99ECAD #99AFEC #EC99D9

split-complementary

#ECD699 #99D9EC #AD99EC

monochromatic

#D9AD32 #E2C165 #ECD699 #F6EBCD #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#ECD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD699

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD699	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.082 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b7',
    500: '#ecd699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd699;
$custom-light: #f3e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88005,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD699

secondary

#627DC8

accent

#47D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD699

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

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