#ECC166#ECC166

#ECC166 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.120 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC166
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, 4.91, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 51.18, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% 0.0118 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.12 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0629, 56.9353, 20.6045)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC166 #6691EC

analogous

#EC7E66 #ECC166 #D4EC66

triadic

#ECC166 #66ECC1 #C166EC

tetradic

#ECC166 #66EC7E #6691EC #EC66D4

square

#ECC166 #66EC7E #6691EC #EC66D4

split-complementary

#ECC166 #66D4EC #7E66EC

monochromatic

#C08A18 #E5AB30 #ECC166 #F3D79C #FAEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#ECC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC166

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC166	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.120 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d394',
    500: '#ecc166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc166;
$custom-light: #f5d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83068,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC166

secondary

#3863BE

accent

#4EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC166

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

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