#ECC256#ECC256

#ECC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC256
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 3.29, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 58.54, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% 0.0052 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.134 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5664, 57.0916, 16.8953)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC256 #5680EC

analogous

#EC7756 #ECC256 #CBEC56

triadic

#ECC256 #56ECC2 #C256EC

tetradic

#ECC256 #56EC77 #5680EC #EC56CB

square

#ECC256 #56EC77 #5680EC #EC56CB

split-complementary

#ECC256 #56CBEC #7756EC

monochromatic

#B38714 #E6AE1F #ECC256 #F2D68D #F8EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#ECC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC256

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC256	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)

#D7C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#ecc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc256;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83085,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC256

secondary

#3357B3

accent

#44DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC256

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

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