#ECC16A#ECC16A

#ECC16A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.117 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC16A
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 5.22, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 49.34, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% 0.0132 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.117 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2661, 57.0166, 21.6745)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC16A #6A95EC

analogous

#EC806A #ECC16A #D6EC6A

triadic

#ECC16A #6AECC1 #C16AEC

tetradic

#ECC16A #6AEC80 #6A95EC #EC6AD6

square

#ECC16A #6AEC80 #6A95EC #EC6AD6

split-complementary

#ECC16A #6AD6EC #806AEC

monochromatic

#C38B19 #E5AA34 #ECC16A #F3D8A0 #FAEED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#ECC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC16A

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC16A	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)

#D4C062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.117 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d397',
    500: '#ecc16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc16a;
$custom-light: #f5d397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.154,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83119,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC16A

secondary

#3966C1

accent

#50DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC16A

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

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