#ECD79B#ECD79B

#ECD79B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.080 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD79B
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -1.32, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 32.32, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0014 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.08 91)
XYZ	xyz(64.8100, 68.8023, 40.8702)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD79B #9BB0EC

analogous

#ECAF9B #ECD79B #D9EC9B

triadic

#ECD79B #9BECD7 #D79BEC

tetradic

#ECD79B #9BECAF #9BB0EC #EC9BD9

square

#ECD79B #9BECAF #9BB0EC #EC9BD9

split-complementary

#ECD79B #9BD9EC #AF9BEC

monochromatic

#D8AE34 #E2C268 #ECD79B #F6ECCE #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#ECD79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD79B

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD79B	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.080 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b9',
    500: '#ecd79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd79b;
$custom-light: #f3e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88241,
    "c": 0.08049,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD79B

secondary

#637DC8

accent

#46D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD79B

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

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