#ECD799#ECD799

#ECD799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.083 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD799
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -1.55, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 33.31, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0022 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.083 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6434, 68.7357, 39.9930)
Luminance	0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD799 #99AEEC

analogous

#ECAE99 #ECD799 #D8EC99

triadic

#ECD799 #99ECD7 #D799EC

tetradic

#ECD799 #99ECAE #99AEEC #EC99D8

square

#ECD799 #99ECAE #99AEEC #EC99D8

split-complementary

#ECD799 #99D8EC #AE99EC

monochromatic

#D9AF32 #E2C365 #ECD799 #F6EBCD #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#ECD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD799

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD799	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.083 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b7',
    500: '#ecd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd799;
$custom-light: #f3e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.819,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88205,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD799

secondary

#627BC8

accent

#44D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD799

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

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