#ECB974#ECB974

#ECB974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.105 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB974
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 116)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, 10.25, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 43.08, 76.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% 0.0292 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.105 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.0959, 53.7951, 24.0011)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB974 #74A7EC

analogous

#EC7D74 #ECB974 #E3EC74

triadic

#ECB974 #74ECB9 #B974EC

tetradic

#ECB974 #74EC7D #74A7EC #EC74E3

square

#ECB974 #74EC7D #74A7EC #EC74E3

split-complementary

#ECB974 #74E3EC #7D74EC

monochromatic

#CA801C #E59E3E #ECB974 #F3D4AA #FBEFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECB974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#ECB974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB974

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB974	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.105 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd9d',
    500: '#ecb974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb974;
$custom-light: #f5cd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81711,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB974

secondary

#4078C5

accent

#64D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB974

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

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