#ECC978#ECC978

#ECC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.108 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC978
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, 2.25, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 44.88, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% 0.0061 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.108 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8710, 60.9651, 26.4322)
Luminance	0.6096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC978 #789BEC

analogous

#EC8F78 #ECC978 #D5EC78

triadic

#ECC978 #78ECC9 #C978EC

tetradic

#ECC978 #78EC8F #789BEC #EC78D5

square

#ECC978 #78EC8F #789BEC #EC78D5

split-complementary

#ECC978 #78D5EC #8F78EC

monochromatic

#CD981D #E4B442 #ECC978 #F4DEAE #FBF4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#ECC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC978

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC978	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)

#DAC771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.108 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9a0',
    500: '#ecc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc978;
$custom-light: #f4d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84883,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC978

secondary

#436AC5

accent

#4BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC978

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

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