#ECD79E#ECD79E

#ECD79E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.077 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD79E
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -0.96, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 30.83, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0002 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.077 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0650, 68.9044, 42.2136)
Luminance	0.6890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD79E #9EB3EC

analogous

#ECB09E #ECD79E #DAEC9E

triadic

#ECD79E #9EECD7 #D79EEC

tetradic

#ECD79E #9EECB0 #9EB3EC #EC9EDA

square

#ECD79E #9EECB0 #9EB3EC #EC9EDA

split-complementary

#ECD79E #9EDAEC #B09EEC

monochromatic

#D8AD38 #E2C26B #ECD79E #F6ECD1 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#ECD79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD79E

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD79E	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.077 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3bb',
    500: '#ecd79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd79e;
$custom-light: #f3e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88298,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD79E

secondary

#6681C8

accent

#48CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD79E

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

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