#ECC474#ECC474

#ECC474 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.109 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC474
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, 4.49, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 45.43, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0122 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.109 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.4867, 58.5767, 24.7981)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC474 #749CEC

analogous

#EC8874 #ECC474 #D8EC74

triadic

#ECC474 #74ECC4 #C474EC

tetradic

#ECC474 #74EC88 #749CEC #EC74D8

square

#ECC474 #74EC88 #749CEC #EC74D8

split-complementary

#ECC474 #74D8EC #8874EC

monochromatic

#CA901C #E5AD3E #ECC474 #F3DBAA #FBF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#ECC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC474

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC474	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)

#D6C36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.109 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d59d',
    500: '#ecc474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc474;
$custom-light: #f4d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83842,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC474

secondary

#406CC5

accent

#51D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC474

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

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