#ECC977#ECC977

#ECC977 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.109 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC977
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 119)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, 2.16, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 45.35, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% 0.0057 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.109 87)
XYZ	xyz(58.8107, 60.9409, 26.1142)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC977 #779AEC

analogous

#EC8E77 #ECC977 #D5EC77

triadic

#ECC977 #77ECC9 #C977EC

tetradic

#ECC977 #77EC8E #779AEC #EC77D5

square

#ECC977 #77EC8E #779AEC #EC77D5

split-complementary

#ECC977 #77D5EC #8E77EC

monochromatic

#CC981D #E4B441 #ECC977 #F4DEAD #FBF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#ECC977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC977

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC977	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.109 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9a0',
    500: '#ecc977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc977;
$custom-light: #f4d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84869,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.60938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC977

secondary

#4269C5

accent

#4AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC977

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

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