#ECD8A5#ECD8A5

#ECD8A5 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.070 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD8A5
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(43, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 30.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -0.61, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 27.71, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% 0.0011 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.07 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.9402, 69.6631, 45.5628)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD8A5 #A5B9EC

analogous

#ECB4A5 #ECD8A5 #DCECA5

triadic

#ECD8A5 #A5ECD8 #D8A5EC

tetradic

#ECD8A5 #A5ECB4 #A5B9EC #ECA5DC

square

#ECD8A5 #A5ECB4 #A5B9EC #ECA5DC

split-complementary

#ECD8A5 #A5DCEC #B4A5EC

monochromatic

#D7AC40 #E1C272 #ECD8A5 #F7EED8 #FAF4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#ECD8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD8A5

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD8A5	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.070 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4c0',
    500: '#ecd8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd8a5;
$custom-light: #f3e4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88633,
    "c": 0.0698,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD8A5

secondary

#6D87C8

accent

#4BCD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD8A5

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

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