#ECC278#ECC278

#ECC278 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.104 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC278
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 120)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, 5.89, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 43.06, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0168 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.104 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2763, 57.7756, 25.9006)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC278 #78A2EC

analogous

#EC8878 #ECC278 #DCEC78

triadic

#ECC278 #78ECC2 #C278EC

tetradic

#ECC278 #78EC88 #78A2EC #EC78DC

square

#ECC278 #78EC88 #78A2EC #EC78DC

split-complementary

#ECC278 #78DCEC #8878EC

monochromatic

#CD8D1D #E4AA42 #ECC278 #F4DAAE #FBF2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#ECC278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC278

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC278	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.104 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d4a0',
    500: '#ecc278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc278;
$custom-light: #f4d4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8351,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC278

secondary

#4372C5

accent

#57D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC278

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

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