#ECD69C#ECD69C

#ECD69C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.079 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD69C
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 156)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -0.69, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 31.47, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% 0.0005 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.079 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6404, 68.3284, 41.2297)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD69C #9CB2EC

analogous

#ECAE9C #ECD69C #DAEC9C

triadic

#ECD69C #9CECD6 #D69CEC

tetradic

#ECD69C #9CECAE #9CB2EC #EC9CDA

square

#ECD69C #9CECAE #9CB2EC #EC9CDA

split-complementary

#ECD69C #9CDAEC #AE9CEC

monochromatic

#D8AB35 #E2C169 #ECD69C #F6EBCF #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#ECD69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD69C

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD69C	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.079 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b9',
    500: '#ecd69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd69c;
$custom-light: #f3e2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88061,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD69C

secondary

#6480C8

accent

#49D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD69C

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

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