#ECD69D#ECD69D

#ECD69D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.077 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD69D
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 157)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(43, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -0.57, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 30.98, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% 0.0009 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.077 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.7255, 68.3624, 41.6775)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD69D #9DB3EC

analogous

#ECAF9D #ECD69D #DBEC9D

triadic

#ECD69D #9DECD6 #D69DEC

tetradic

#ECD69D #9DECAF #9DB3EC #EC9DDB

square

#ECD69D #9DECAF #9DB3EC #EC9DDB

split-complementary

#ECD69D #9DDBEC #AF9DEC

monochromatic

#D8AB36 #E2C16A #ECD69D #F6EBD0 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#ECD69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD69D

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD69D	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)

#E3D499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.077 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2ba',
    500: '#ecd69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd69d;
$custom-light: #f3e2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.291,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8808,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD69D

secondary

#6581C8

accent

#4ACF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD69D

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

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