#ECC257#ECC257

#ECC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.133 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC257
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, 3.35, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 58.10, 86.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% 0.0055 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.133 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6070, 57.1079, 17.1090)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC257 #5781EC

analogous

#EC7757 #ECC257 #CCEC57

triadic

#ECC257 #57ECC2 #C257EC

tetradic

#ECC257 #57EC77 #5781EC #EC57CC

square

#ECC257 #57EC77 #5781EC #EC57CC

split-complementary

#ECC257 #57CCEC #7757EC

monochromatic

#B48714 #E6AE20 #ECC257 #F2D68E #F8EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#ECC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC257

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC257	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)

#D7C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.133 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#ecc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc257;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83095,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC257

secondary

#3357B4

accent

#45DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC257

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

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