#ECB978#ECB978

#ECB978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.101 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB978
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(34, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, 10.61, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 41.26, 75.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0307 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.101 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3336, 53.8902, 25.2530)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB978 #78ABEC

analogous

#EC7F78 #ECB978 #E5EC78

triadic

#ECB978 #78ECB9 #B978EC

tetradic

#ECB978 #78EC7F #78ABEC #EC78E5

square

#ECB978 #78EC7F #78ABEC #EC78E5

split-complementary

#ECB978 #78E5EC #7F78EC

monochromatic

#CD7F1D #E49D42 #ECB978 #F4D5AE #FBF1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#ECB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB978

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB978	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.101 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cea0',
    500: '#ecb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb978;
$custom-light: #f5cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.621,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81772,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB978

secondary

#437CC5

accent

#67D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB978

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

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