#ECC143#ECC143

#ECC143 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.146 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC143
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 71.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, 2.78, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 66.02, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0014 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.146 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6783, 56.3815, 13.3119)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC143 #436EEC

analogous

#EC6D43 #ECC143 #C2EC43

triadic

#ECC143 #43ECC1 #C143EC

tetradic

#ECC143 #43EC6D #436EEC #EC43C2

square

#ECC143 #43EC6D #436EEC #EC43C2

split-complementary

#ECC143 #43C2EC #6D43EC

monochromatic

#A47F11 #DCA916 #ECC143 #F2D37B #F7E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#ECC143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#ECC143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC143

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC143	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.146 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d37f',
    500: '#ecc143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc143;
$custom-light: #f6d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.734,
    "s": 81.643,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82722,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC143

secondary

#2D4CA6

accent

#63F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC143

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

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