#ECD79C#ECD79C

#ECD79C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.079 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD79C
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -1.20, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 31.82, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.001 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.079 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8943, 68.8361, 41.3143)
Luminance	0.6883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD79C #9CB1EC

analogous

#ECAF9C #ECD79C #D9EC9C

triadic

#ECD79C #9CECD7 #D79CEC

tetradic

#ECD79C #9CECAF #9CB1EC #EC9CD9

square

#ECD79C #9CECAF #9CB1EC #EC9CD9

split-complementary

#ECD79C #9CD9EC #AF9CEC

monochromatic

#D8AE35 #E2C269 #ECD79C #F6ECCF #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#ECD79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD79C

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD79C	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.079 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b9',
    500: '#ecd79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd79c;
$custom-light: #f3e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8826,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD79C

secondary

#647EC8

accent

#47D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD79C

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

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