#ECC174#ECC174

#ECC174 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.107 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC174
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, 6.05, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 44.70, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% 0.0168 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.107 81)
XYZ	xyz(56.8168, 57.2369, 24.5748)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC174 #749FEC

analogous

#EC8574 #ECC174 #DBEC74

triadic

#ECC174 #74ECC1 #C174EC

tetradic

#ECC174 #74EC85 #749FEC #EC74DB

square

#ECC174 #74EC85 #749FEC #EC74DB

split-complementary

#ECC174 #74DBEC #8574EC

monochromatic

#CA8C1C #E5A93E #ECC174 #F3D9AA #FBF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#ECC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC174

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC174	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.107 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d39d',
    500: '#ecc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc174;
$custom-light: #f5d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83256,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.57234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC174

secondary

#406FC5

accent

#56D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC174

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

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