#ECC471#ECC471

#ECC471 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.112 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC471
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 113)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 4.23, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 46.83, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0111 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.112 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3150, 58.5080, 23.8938)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC471 #7199EC

analogous

#EC8671 #ECC471 #D6EC71

triadic

#ECC471 #71ECC4 #C471EC

tetradic

#ECC471 #71EC86 #7199EC #EC71D6

square

#ECC471 #71EC86 #7199EC #EC71D6

split-complementary

#ECC471 #71D6EC #8671EC

monochromatic

#C8901B #E5AE3B #ECC471 #F3DAA7 #FAF1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#ECC471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC471

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC471	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.112 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d59b',
    500: '#ecc471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc471;
$custom-light: #f5d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.838,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC471

secondary

#3D69C4

accent

#4FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC471

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

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