#ECC571#ECC571

#ECC571 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.112 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC571
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 113)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, 3.71, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 47.09, 85.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84% 0.0096 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.112 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5413, 58.9607, 23.9693)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC571 #7198EC

analogous

#EC8771 #ECC571 #D5EC71

triadic

#ECC571 #71ECC5 #C571EC

tetradic

#ECC571 #71EC87 #7198EC #EC71D5

square

#ECC571 #71EC87 #7198EC #EC71D5

split-complementary

#ECC571 #71D5EC #8771EC

monochromatic

#C8911B #E5AF3B #ECC571 #F3DBA7 #FAF1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#ECC571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC571

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC571	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.112 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d69b',
    500: '#ecc571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc571;
$custom-light: #f5d69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83996,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC571

secondary

#3D68C4

accent

#4DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC571

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

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