#ECC16B#ECC16B

#ECC16B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.116 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC16B
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 107)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 5.30, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 48.88, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.0136 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.116 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3184, 57.0375, 21.9500)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC16B #6B96EC

analogous

#EC816B #ECC16B #D7EC6B

triadic

#ECC16B #6BECC1 #C16BEC

tetradic

#ECC16B #6BEC81 #6B96EC #EC6BD7

square

#ECC16B #6BEC81 #6B96EC #EC6BD7

split-complementary

#ECC16B #6BD7EC #816BEC

monochromatic

#C48B19 #E5AA35 #ECC16B #F3D8A1 #FAEED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#ECC16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC16B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC16B	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.116 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d397',
    500: '#ecc16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc16b;
$custom-light: #f5d397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83132,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC16B

secondary

#3A67C2

accent

#51D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC16B

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

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