#ECC172#ECC172

#ECC172 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.109 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC172
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, 5.88, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 45.63, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% 0.0161 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.109 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7017, 57.1908, 23.9687)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC172 #729DEC

analogous

#EC8472 #ECC172 #DAEC72

triadic

#ECC172 #72ECC1 #C172EC

tetradic

#ECC172 #72EC84 #729DEC #EC72DA

square

#ECC172 #72EC84 #729DEC #EC72DA

split-complementary

#ECC172 #72DAEC #8472EC

monochromatic

#C98B1B #E5A93C #ECC172 #F3D9A8 #FBF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#ECC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC172

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC172	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.109 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d39c',
    500: '#ecc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc172;
$custom-light: #f5d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.852,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83227,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC172

secondary

#3E6DC4

accent

#55D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC172

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

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