#ECC056#ECC056

#ECC056 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC056
RGB	rgb(236, 192, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 4.33, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 58.06, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% 0.0082 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.133 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.1243, 56.2074, 16.7479)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC056 #5682EC

analogous

#EC7556 #ECC056 #CDEC56

triadic

#ECC056 #56ECC0 #C056EC

tetradic

#ECC056 #56EC75 #5682EC #EC56CD

square

#ECC056 #56EC75 #5682EC #EC56CD

split-complementary

#ECC056 #56CDEC #7556EC

monochromatic

#B38514 #E6AB1F #ECC056 #F2D58D #F8E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ECC056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#ECC056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC056

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC056	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 192, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d28a',
    500: '#ecc056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc056;
$custom-light: #f6d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82692,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC056

secondary

#3359B3

accent

#47DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC056

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

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