#ECC059#ECC059

#ECC059 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.130 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC059
RGB	rgb(236, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, 4.52, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 56.76, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0091 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.13 86)
XYZ	xyz(55.2477, 56.2568, 17.3979)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC059 #5985EC

analogous

#EC7659 #ECC059 #CEEC59

triadic

#ECC059 #59ECC0 #C059EC

tetradic

#ECC059 #59EC76 #5985EC #EC59CE

square

#ECC059 #59EC76 #5985EC #EC59CE

split-complementary

#ECC059 #59CEEC #7659EC

monochromatic

#B68615 #E6AB22 #ECC059 #F2D590 #F9EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#ECC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#ECC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC059

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC059	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.130 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d28c',
    500: '#ecc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc059;
$custom-light: #f6d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82723,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.56253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC059

secondary

#345BB5

accent

#49DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC059

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

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