#ECC679#ECC679

#ECC679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.105 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC679
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, 3.89, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 43.58, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% 0.011 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.105 84)
XYZ	xyz(58.2395, 59.6044, 26.5226)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC679 #799FEC

analogous

#EC8D79 #ECC679 #D8EC79

triadic

#ECC679 #79ECC6 #C679EC

tetradic

#ECC679 #79EC8D #799FEC #EC79D8

square

#ECC679 #79EC8D #799FEC #EC79D8

split-complementary

#ECC679 #79D8EC #8D79EC

monochromatic

#CD931D #E4AF43 #ECC679 #F4DDAF #FBF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#ECC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC679

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC679	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.105 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d7a1',
    500: '#ecc679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc679;
$custom-light: #f4d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84307,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.59602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC679

secondary

#446FC5

accent

#51D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC679

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

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