#ECC04F#ECC04F

#ECC04F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.138 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC04F
RGB	rgb(236, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 3.92, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 61.02, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% 0.0061 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.138 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8560, 56.1001, 15.3347)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC04F #4F7BEC

analogous

#EC724F #ECC04F #C9EC4F

triadic

#ECC04F #4FECC0 #C04FEC

tetradic

#ECC04F #4FEC72 #4F7BEC #EC4FC9

square

#ECC04F #4FEC72 #4F7BEC #EC4FC9

split-complementary

#ECC04F #4FC9EC #724FEC

monochromatic

#AE8213 #E5AC19 #ECC04F #F2D486 #F8E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ECC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#ECC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC04F

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC04F	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.138 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d285',
    500: '#ecc04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc04f;
$custom-light: #f6d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82625,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC04F

secondary

#3154AE

accent

#44DD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC04F

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

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