#ECC162#ECC162

#ECC162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.123 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC162
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, 4.62, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 52.99, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% 0.0105 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.123 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8693, 56.8579, 19.5849)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC162 #628DEC

analogous

#EC7C62 #ECC162 #D2EC62

triadic

#ECC162 #62ECC1 #C162EC

tetradic

#ECC162 #62EC7C #628DEC #EC62D2

square

#ECC162 #62EC7C #628DEC #EC62D2

split-complementary

#ECC162 #62D2EC #7C62EC

monochromatic

#BD8917 #E5AB2B #ECC162 #F3D799 #F9ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#ECC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC162

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC162	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)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.123 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d391',
    500: '#ecc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc162;
$custom-light: #f5d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8302,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC162

secondary

#3760BC

accent

#4CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC162

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

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