#ECC157#ECC157

#ECC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC157
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, 3.88, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 57.86, 86.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% 0.007 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.132 87)
XYZ	xyz(55.3852, 56.6642, 17.0351)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC157 #5782EC

analogous

#EC7657 #ECC157 #CCEC57

triadic

#ECC157 #57ECC1 #C157EC

tetradic

#ECC157 #57EC76 #5782EC #EC57CC

square

#ECC157 #57EC76 #5782EC #EC57CC

split-complementary

#ECC157 #57CCEC #7657EC

monochromatic

#B48614 #E6AD20 #ECC157 #F2D58E #F8EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#ECC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC157

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC157	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)

#D6C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38a',
    500: '#ecc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc157;
$custom-light: #f6d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82899,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.56661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC157

secondary

#3358B4

accent

#46DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC157

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

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