#FFC978#FFC978

#FFC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.116 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC978
RGB	rgb(255, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, 9.92, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 48.48, 78.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% 0.0275 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.116 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.5199, 64.3934, 26.7438)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC978 #78AEFF

analogous

#FF8578 #FFC978 #F1FF78

triadic

#FFC978 #78FFC9 #C978FF

tetradic

#FFC978 #78FF85 #78AEFF #FF78F1

square

#FFC978 #78FF85 #78AEFF #FF78F1

split-complementary

#FFC978 #78F1FF #8578FF

monochromatic

#FD9800 #FFB13B #FFC978 #FFE1B5 #FFF3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#FFC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#FFC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC978

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC978	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.116 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a0',
    500: '#ffc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc978;
$custom-light: #ffd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86723,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC978

secondary

#3E7EDD

accent

#5CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC978

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

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