#ECD8A8#ECD8A8

#ECD8A8 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.066 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD8A8
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(42, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 28.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -0.23, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 26.22, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% 0.0023 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.066 88)
XYZ	xyz(66.2165, 69.7736, 47.0178)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD8A8 #A8BCEC

analogous

#ECB6A8 #ECD8A8 #DEECA8

triadic

#ECD8A8 #A8ECD8 #D8A8EC

tetradic

#ECD8A8 #A8ECB6 #A8BCEC #ECA8DE

square

#ECD8A8 #A8ECB6 #A8BCEC #ECA8DE

split-complementary

#ECD8A8 #A8DEEC #B6A8EC

monochromatic

#D6AB44 #E1C176 #ECD8A8 #F7EFDA #FAF4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#ECD8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD8A8

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD8A8	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.066 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4c2',
    500: '#ecd8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd8a8;
$custom-light: #f3e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88694,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.69772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD8A8

secondary

#708AC9

accent

#4ECC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD8A8

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

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