#ECD79D#ECD79D

#ECD79D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.078 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD79D
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -1.08, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 31.33, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0006 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.078 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9793, 68.8701, 41.7621)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD79D #9DB2EC

analogous

#ECB09D #ECD79D #D9EC9D

triadic

#ECD79D #9DECD7 #D79DEC

tetradic

#ECD79D #9DECB0 #9DB2EC #EC9DD9

square

#ECD79D #9DECB0 #9DB2EC #EC9DD9

split-complementary

#ECD79D #9DD9EC #B09DEC

monochromatic

#D8AD36 #E2C26A #ECD79D #F6ECD0 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#ECD79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD79D

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD79D	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)

#E4D599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.078 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3ba',
    500: '#ecd79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd79d;
$custom-light: #f3e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88279,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD79D

secondary

#657FC8

accent

#47CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD79D

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

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