#ECC976#ECC976

#ECC976 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.110 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC976
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 118)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 50%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, 2.07, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 45.83, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% 0.0054 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.11 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7509, 60.9170, 25.7996)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC976 #7699EC

analogous

#EC8E76 #ECC976 #D4EC76

triadic

#ECC976 #76ECC9 #C976EC

tetradic

#ECC976 #76EC8E #7699EC #EC76D4

square

#ECC976 #76EC8E #7699EC #EC76D4

split-complementary

#ECC976 #76D4EC #8E76EC

monochromatic

#CB971C #E5B440 #ECC976 #F3DEAC #FBF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#ECC976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC976

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC976	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.110 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d99f',
    500: '#ecc976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc976;
$custom-light: #f4d99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 75.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84854,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC976

secondary

#4168C5

accent

#4AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC976

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

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