#ECC16E#ECC16E

#ECC16E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.113 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC16E
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 110)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, 5.54, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 47.49, 83.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% 0.0146 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.113 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4790, 57.1018, 22.7957)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC16E #6E99EC

analogous

#EC826E #ECC16E #D8EC6E

triadic

#ECC16E #6EECC1 #C16EEC

tetradic

#ECC16E #6EEC82 #6E99EC #EC6ED8

square

#ECC16E #6EEC82 #6E99EC #EC6ED8

split-complementary

#ECC16E #6ED8EC #826EEC

monochromatic

#C68B1A #E5AA38 #ECC16E #F3D8A4 #FAEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#ECC16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC16E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC16E	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)

#D4C167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.113 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d399',
    500: '#ecc16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc16e;
$custom-light: #f5d399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.524,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83172,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC16E

secondary

#3B69C3

accent

#52D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC16E

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

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