#ECC970#ECC970

#ECC970 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.115 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC970
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, 1.55, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 48.66, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% 0.0032 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.115 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4057, 60.7789, 23.9812)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC970 #7093EC

analogous

#EC8B70 #ECC970 #D1EC70

triadic

#ECC970 #70ECC9 #C970EC

tetradic

#ECC970 #70EC8B #7093EC #EC70D1

square

#ECC970 #70EC8B #7093EC #EC70D1

split-complementary

#ECC970 #70D1EC #8B70EC

monochromatic

#C7961A #E5B53A #ECC970 #F3DDA6 #FAF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#ECC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC970

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC970	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.115 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d99b',
    500: '#ecc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc970;
$custom-light: #f5d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.065,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84772,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC970

secondary

#3C62C4

accent

#46D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC970

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

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