#ECC480#ECC480

#ECC480 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.097 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC480
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 5.60, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 39.76, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% 0.0167 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.097 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2303, 58.8742, 28.7146)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC480 #80A8EC

analogous

#EC8E80 #ECC480 #DEEC80

triadic

#ECC480 #80ECC4 #C480EC

tetradic

#ECC480 #80EC8E #80A8EC #EC80DE

square

#ECC480 #80EC8E #80A8EC #EC80DE

split-complementary

#ECC480 #80DEEC #8E80EC

monochromatic

#D2901F #E4AB4B #ECC480 #F4DDB5 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#ECC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC480

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC480	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.097 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d5a6',
    500: '#ecc480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc480;
$custom-light: #f4d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84024,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC480

secondary

#4B78C6

accent

#59D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC480

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

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