#ECC160#ECC160

#ECC160 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.125 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC160
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 4.48, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 53.89, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83% 0.0098 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.125 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7761, 56.8206, 19.0937)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC160 #608BEC

analogous

#EC7B60 #ECC160 #D1EC60

triadic

#ECC160 #60ECC1 #C160EC

tetradic

#ECC160 #60EC7B #608BEC #EC60D1

square

#ECC160 #60EC7B #608BEC #EC60D1

split-complementary

#ECC160 #60D1EC #7B60EC

monochromatic

#BB8916 #E5AC29 #ECC160 #F3D697 #F9ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#ECC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC160

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC160	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.125 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d390',
    500: '#ecc160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc160;
$custom-light: #f5d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82997,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC160

secondary

#365FBA

accent

#4BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC160

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

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