#ECC473#ECC473

#ECC473 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.110 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC473
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, 4.40, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 45.90, 84.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.0119 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.11 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4289, 58.5536, 24.4934)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC473 #739BEC

analogous

#EC8873 #ECC473 #D8EC73

triadic

#ECC473 #73ECC4 #C473EC

tetradic

#ECC473 #73EC88 #739BEC #EC73D8

square

#ECC473 #73EC88 #739BEC #EC73D8

split-complementary

#ECC473 #73D8EC #8873EC

monochromatic

#C9901B #E5AD3D #ECC473 #F3DBA9 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#ECC473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC473

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC473	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)

#D6C36C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.110 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d59d',
    500: '#ecc473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc473;
$custom-light: #f5d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83828,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC473

secondary

#3F6BC4

accent

#50D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC473

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

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