#ECC255#ECC255

#ECC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC255
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, 3.23, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 58.96, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.0049 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.134 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5264, 57.0756, 16.6846)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC255 #557FEC

analogous

#EC7655 #ECC255 #CBEC55

triadic

#ECC255 #55ECC2 #C255EC

tetradic

#ECC255 #55EC76 #557FEC #EC55CB

square

#ECC255 #55EC76 #557FEC #EC55CB

split-complementary

#ECC255 #55CBEC #7655EC

monochromatic

#B38714 #E6AE1E #ECC255 #F2D68C #F8EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#ECC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC255

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC255	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)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d489',
    500: '#ecc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc255;
$custom-light: #f6d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83075,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC255

secondary

#3356B3

accent

#44DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC255

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

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