#ECC15B#ECC15B

#ECC15B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.129 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC15B
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, 4.13, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 56.12, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% 0.0082 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.129 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5532, 56.7314, 17.9197)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC15B #5B86EC

analogous

#EC795B #ECC15B #CFEC5B

triadic

#ECC15B #5BECC1 #C15BEC

tetradic

#ECC15B #5BEC79 #5B86EC #EC5BCF

square

#ECC15B #5BEC79 #5B86EC #EC5BCF

split-complementary

#ECC15B #5BCFEC #795BEC

monochromatic

#B78715 #E6AC24 #ECC15B #F2D692 #F9EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#ECC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC15B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC15B	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.129 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38d',
    500: '#ecc15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc15b;
$custom-light: #f6d38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82941,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC15B

secondary

#345BB7

accent

#48DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC15B

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

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