#ECC478#ECC478

#ECC478 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.105 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC478
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 4.84, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 43.54, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0137 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.105 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7244, 58.6718, 26.0499)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC478 #78A0EC

analogous

#EC8A78 #ECC478 #DAEC78

triadic

#ECC478 #78ECC4 #C478EC

tetradic

#ECC478 #78EC8A #78A0EC #EC78DA

square

#ECC478 #78EC8A #78A0EC #EC78DA

split-complementary

#ECC478 #78DAEC #8A78EC

monochromatic

#CD901D #E4AD42 #ECC478 #F4DBAE #FBF3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#ECC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC478

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC478	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.105 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d5a0',
    500: '#ecc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc478;
$custom-light: #f4d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.839,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC478

secondary

#4370C5

accent

#53D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC478

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

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