#ECC971#ECC971

#ECC971 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.114 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC971
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, 1.64, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 48.19, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% 0.0036 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.114 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4617, 60.8013, 24.2761)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC971 #7194EC

analogous

#EC8B71 #ECC971 #D1EC71

triadic

#ECC971 #71ECC9 #C971EC

tetradic

#ECC971 #71EC8B #7194EC #EC71D1

square

#ECC971 #71EC8B #7194EC #EC71D1

split-complementary

#ECC971 #71D1EC #8B71EC

monochromatic

#C8971B #E5B43B #ECC971 #F3DEA7 #FAF2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECC971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#ECC971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC971

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC971	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)

#DBC769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.114 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d99c',
    500: '#ecc971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc971;
$custom-light: #f5d99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84785,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC971

secondary

#3D63C4

accent

#47D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC971

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

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