#ECB179#ECB179

#ECB179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.100 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB179
RGB	rgb(236, 177, 121)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 14.93, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 39.82, 67.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0436 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.1 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7679, 50.6612, 25.0321)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB179 #79B4EC

analogous

#EC797B #ECB179 #ECEA79

triadic

#ECB179 #79ECB1 #B179EC

tetradic

#ECB179 #7BEC79 #79B4EC #EA79EC

square

#ECB179 #7BEC79 #79B4EC #EA79EC

split-complementary

#ECB179 #79ECEA #797BEC

monochromatic

#CD731D #E49243 #ECB179 #F4D0AF #FBEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ECB179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#ECB179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB179

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB179	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 177, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.100 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c8a0',
    500: '#ecb179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb179;
$custom-light: #f5c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.217,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB179

secondary

#4486C5

accent

#75D70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB179

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

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