#ECC169#ECC169

#ECC169 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.117 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC169
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 5.14, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 49.80, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0129 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.117 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2144, 56.9959, 21.4023)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC169 #6994EC

analogous

#EC8069 #ECC169 #D6EC69

triadic

#ECC169 #69ECC1 #C169EC

tetradic

#ECC169 #69EC80 #6994EC #EC69D6

square

#ECC169 #69EC80 #6994EC #EC69D6

split-complementary

#ECC169 #69D6EC #8069EC

monochromatic

#C28A19 #E5AB33 #ECC169 #F3D79F #FAEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#ECC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC169

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC169	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.117 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d396',
    500: '#ecc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc169;
$custom-light: #f5d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83106,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC169

secondary

#3965C0

accent

#4FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC169

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

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