#ECC14C#ECC14C
#ECC14C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC14C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 193, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 68%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 67.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.90, 3.23, 62.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.90, 62.48, 87.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.8% 0.0038 0.1405) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.8% 0.141 88.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.9695, 56.4980, 14.8460) |
| Luminance | 0.5649 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.01
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.20
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.65
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.88
Goldenrod (survey)
#FAC205
ΔE00 5.01
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC14C #4C77EC
analogous
#EC714C #ECC14C #C7EC4C
triadic
#ECC14C #4CECC1 #C14CEC
tetradic
#ECC14C #4CEC71 #4C77EC #EC4CC7
square
#ECC14C #4CEC71 #4C77EC #EC4CC7
split-complementary
#ECC14C #4CC7EC #714CEC
monochromatic
#AB8212 #E3AC18 #ECC14C #F2D483 #F8E7BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.71
#ECC14C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.30
#ECC14C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC14C
12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC14C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC14C | 1.00 | 1.71 | 12.30 | 12.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BF3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB1A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc14c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 88.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d384',
500: '#ecc14c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc14c; $custom-light: #f6d384; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc14c",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 193,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.875,
"s": 80.808,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82795,
"c": 0.14052,
"h": 88.5
},
"luminance": 0.56495
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC14C
secondary
#3051AC
accent
#42DD08
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E