#ECC173#ECC173

#ECC173 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.108 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC173
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 5.97, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 45.17, 82.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% 0.0165 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.108 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7589, 57.2137, 24.2701)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC173 #739EEC

analogous

#EC8573 #ECC173 #DBEC73

triadic

#ECC173 #73ECC1 #C173EC

tetradic

#ECC173 #73EC85 #739EEC #EC73DB

square

#ECC173 #73EC85 #739EEC #EC73DB

split-complementary

#ECC173 #73DBEC #8573EC

monochromatic

#C98B1B #E5A93D #ECC173 #F3D9A9 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#ECC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC173

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC173	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)

#D3C16D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.108 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d39d',
    500: '#ecc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc173;
$custom-light: #f5d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.678,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83242,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC173

secondary

#3F6EC4

accent

#55D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC173

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

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