#ECC159#ECC159

#ECC159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.131 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC159
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, 4.00, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 56.99, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% 0.0076 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.131 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4680, 56.6974, 17.4714)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC159 #5984EC

analogous

#EC7759 #ECC159 #CDEC59

triadic

#ECC159 #59ECC1 #C159EC

tetradic

#ECC159 #59EC77 #5984EC #EC59CD

square

#ECC159 #59EC77 #5984EC #EC59CD

split-complementary

#ECC159 #59CDEC #7759EC

monochromatic

#B68715 #E6AC22 #ECC159 #F2D690 #F9EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#ECC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC159

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC159	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.131 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38c',
    500: '#ecc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc159;
$custom-light: #f6d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82919,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC159

secondary

#345AB5

accent

#47DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC159

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

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