#ECC057#ECC057

#ECC057 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC057
RGB	rgb(236, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 4.40, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 57.63, 85.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% 0.0085 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.132 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1649, 56.2236, 16.9616)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC057 #5783EC

analogous

#EC7557 #ECC057 #CDEC57

triadic

#ECC057 #57ECC0 #C057EC

tetradic

#ECC057 #57EC75 #5783EC #EC57CD

square

#ECC057 #57EC75 #5783EC #EC57CD

split-complementary

#ECC057 #57CDEC #7557EC

monochromatic

#B48514 #E6AB20 #ECC057 #F2D58E #F8E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ECC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#ECC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC057

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC057	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)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d28a',
    500: '#ecc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc057;
$custom-light: #f6d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82702,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC057

secondary

#3359B4

accent

#48DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC057

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

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