#ECC579#ECC579

#ECC579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.105 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC579
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, 4.41, 43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 43.32, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% 0.0126 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.105 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0117, 59.1488, 26.4467)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC579 #79A0EC

analogous

#EC8B79 #ECC579 #DAEC79

triadic

#ECC579 #79ECC5 #C579EC

tetradic

#ECC579 #79EC8B #79A0EC #EC79DA

square

#ECC579 #79EC8B #79A0EC #EC79DA

split-complementary

#ECC579 #79DAEC #8B79EC

monochromatic

#CD921D #E4AE43 #ECC579 #F4DCAF #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#ECC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC579

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC579	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.105 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d6a1',
    500: '#ecc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc579;
$custom-light: #f4d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84111,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC579

secondary

#4470C5

accent

#52D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC579

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

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