#ECC156#ECC156

#ECC156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC156
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, 3.81, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 58.29, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% 0.0067 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.133 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3446, 56.6480, 16.8214)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC156 #5681EC

analogous

#EC7656 #ECC156 #CCEC56

triadic

#ECC156 #56ECC1 #C156EC

tetradic

#ECC156 #56EC76 #5681EC #EC56CC

square

#ECC156 #56EC76 #5681EC #EC56CC

split-complementary

#ECC156 #56CCEC #7656EC

monochromatic

#B38614 #E6AD1F #ECC156 #F2D58D #F8E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#ECC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC156

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC156	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38a',
    500: '#ecc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc156;
$custom-light: #f6d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82889,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC156

secondary

#3358B3

accent

#46DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC156

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

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