#ECC271#ECC271

#ECC271 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.111 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC271
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, 5.27, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 46.34, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% 0.0142 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.111 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8669, 57.6118, 23.7445)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC271 #719BEC

analogous

#EC8471 #ECC271 #D9EC71

triadic

#ECC271 #71ECC2 #C271EC

tetradic

#ECC271 #71EC84 #719BEC #EC71D9

square

#ECC271 #71EC84 #719BEC #EC71D9

split-complementary

#ECC271 #71D9EC #8471EC

monochromatic

#C88D1B #E5AB3B #ECC271 #F3D9A7 #FAF0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#ECC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC271

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC271	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.111 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d49b',
    500: '#ecc271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc271;
$custom-light: #f5d49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83409,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC271

secondary

#3D6BC4

accent

#52D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC271

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

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