#ECC175#ECC175

#ECC175 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.106 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC175
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 117)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 50.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 6.14, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 44.23, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% 0.0172 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.106 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8753, 57.2603, 24.8828)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC175 #75A0EC

analogous

#EC8675 #ECC175 #DCEC75

triadic

#ECC175 #75ECC1 #C175EC

tetradic

#ECC175 #75EC86 #75A0EC #EC75DC

square

#ECC175 #75EC86 #75A0EC #EC75DC

split-complementary

#ECC175 #75DCEC #8675EC

monochromatic

#CB8C1C #E5A93F #ECC175 #F3D9AB #FBF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#ECC175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC175

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC175	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)

#D3C16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.106 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d39e',
    500: '#ecc175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc175;
$custom-light: #f4d39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83271,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC175

secondary

#4170C5

accent

#57D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC175

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

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