#ECC16D#ECC16D

#ECC16D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.114 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC16D
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, 5.46, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 47.96, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% 0.0143 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.114 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4249, 57.0801, 22.5106)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC16D #6D98EC

analogous

#EC816D #ECC16D #D8EC6D

triadic

#ECC16D #6DECC1 #C16DEC

tetradic

#ECC16D #6DEC81 #6D98EC #EC6DD8

square

#ECC16D #6DEC81 #6D98EC #EC6DD8

split-complementary

#ECC16D #6DD8EC #816DEC

monochromatic

#C58B1A #E5AA37 #ECC16D #F3D8A3 #FAEFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#ECC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC16D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC16D	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.114 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d399',
    500: '#ecc16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc16d;
$custom-light: #f5d399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.685,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83158,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC16D

secondary

#3A69C3

accent

#52D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC16D

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

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