#ECC16C#ECC16C

#ECC16C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.115 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC16C
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 108)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, 5.38, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 48.42, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% 0.0139 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.115 83)
XYZ	xyz(56.3713, 57.0587, 22.2287)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC16C #6C97EC

analogous

#EC816C #ECC16C #D7EC6C

triadic

#ECC16C #6CECC1 #C16CEC

tetradic

#ECC16C #6CEC81 #6C97EC #EC6CD7

square

#ECC16C #6CEC81 #6C97EC #EC6CD7

split-complementary

#ECC16C #6CD7EC #816CEC

monochromatic

#C48B19 #E5AA36 #ECC16C #F3D8A2 #FAEFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#ECC16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC16C

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC16C	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)

#D4C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.115 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d398',
    500: '#ecc16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc16c;
$custom-light: #f5d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.844,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83145,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.57056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC16C

secondary

#3A68C2

accent

#51D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC16C

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

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