#ECC178#ECC178

#ECC178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.104 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC178
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, 6.41, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 42.83, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0183 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.104 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0545, 57.3320, 25.8266)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC178 #78A3EC

analogous

#EC8778 #ECC178 #DDEC78

triadic

#ECC178 #78ECC1 #C178EC

tetradic

#ECC178 #78EC87 #78A3EC #EC78DD

square

#ECC178 #78EC87 #78A3EC #EC78DD

split-complementary

#ECC178 #78DDEC #8778EC

monochromatic

#CD8C1D #E4A842 #ECC178 #F4DAAE #FBF2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#ECC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC178

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC178	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.104 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d3a0',
    500: '#ecc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc178;
$custom-light: #f4d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83315,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC178

secondary

#4373C5

accent

#59D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC178

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

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