#ECC472#ECC472

#ECC472 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.111 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC472
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 4.32, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 46.37, 84.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0115 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.111 84)
XYZ	xyz(57.3716, 58.5307, 24.1920)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC472 #729AEC

analogous

#EC8772 #ECC472 #D7EC72

triadic

#ECC472 #72ECC4 #C472EC

tetradic

#ECC472 #72EC87 #729AEC #EC72D7

square

#ECC472 #72EC87 #729AEC #EC72D7

split-complementary

#ECC472 #72D7EC #8772EC

monochromatic

#C9901B #E5AD3C #ECC472 #F3DBA8 #FBF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#ECC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC472

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC472	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.111 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d59c',
    500: '#ecc472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc472;
$custom-light: #f5d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83814,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.58528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC472

secondary

#3E6AC4

accent

#50D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC472

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

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