#ECC161#ECC161

#ECC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.124 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC161
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, 4.55, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 53.44, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% 0.0102 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.124 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8224, 56.8391, 19.3377)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC161 #618CEC

analogous

#EC7B61 #ECC161 #D1EC61

triadic

#ECC161 #61ECC1 #C161EC

tetradic

#ECC161 #61EC7B #618CEC #EC61D1

square

#ECC161 #61EC7B #618CEC #EC61D1

split-complementary

#ECC161 #61D1EC #7B61EC

monochromatic

#BC8917 #E5AC2A #ECC161 #F3D698 #F9ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#ECC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC161

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC161	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.124 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d391',
    500: '#ecc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc161;
$custom-light: #f5d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83008,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC161

secondary

#365FBB

accent

#4BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC161

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

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