#ECC279#ECC279

#ECC279 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.103 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC279
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 121)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 5.98, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 42.59, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% 0.0171 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.103 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3373, 57.8000, 26.2219)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC279 #79A3EC

analogous

#EC8979 #ECC279 #DCEC79

triadic

#ECC279 #79ECC2 #C279EC

tetradic

#ECC279 #79EC89 #79A3EC #EC79DC

square

#ECC279 #79EC89 #79A3EC #EC79DC

split-complementary

#ECC279 #79DCEC #8979EC

monochromatic

#CD8D1D #E4AA43 #ECC279 #F4DAAF #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#ECC279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC279

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC279	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.103 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d4a1',
    500: '#ecc279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc279;
$custom-light: #f4d4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83525,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC279

secondary

#4473C5

accent

#58D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC279

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

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