#ECC248#ECC248

#ECC248 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC248
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 69.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, 2.50, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 64.32, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% 0.0012 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.144 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0566, 56.8877, 14.2102)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC248 #4872EC

analogous

#EC7048 #ECC248 #C4EC48

triadic

#ECC248 #48ECC2 #C248EC

tetradic

#ECC248 #48EC70 #4872EC #EC48C4

square

#ECC248 #48EC70 #4872EC #EC48C4

split-complementary

#ECC248 #48C4EC #7048EC

monochromatic

#A88211 #E0AC17 #ECC248 #F2D47F #F8E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#ECC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC248

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC248	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d481',
    500: '#ecc248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc248;
$custom-light: #f6d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.634,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82958,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC248

secondary

#2F4EAA

accent

#3FDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC248

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

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