#ECD8A9#ECD8A9

#ECD8A9 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.065 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD8A9
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(42, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 28.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -0.10, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 25.73, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% 0.0027 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.065 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3100, 69.8110, 47.5103)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD8A9 #A9BDEC

analogous

#ECB7A9 #ECD8A9 #DFECA9

triadic

#ECD8A9 #A9ECD8 #D8A9EC

tetradic

#ECD8A9 #A9ECB7 #A9BDEC #ECA9DF

square

#ECD8A9 #A9ECB7 #A9BDEC #ECA9DF

split-complementary

#ECD8A9 #A9DFEC #B7A9EC

monochromatic

#D6AB45 #E1C177 #ECD8A9 #F7EFDB #F9F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#ECD8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD8A9

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD8A9	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.065 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4c2',
    500: '#ecd8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd8a9;
$custom-light: #f3e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88714,
    "c": 0.06514,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD8A9

secondary

#718BC9

accent

#4FCC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD8A9

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

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