#ECC259#ECC259

#ECC259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.131 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC259
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 3.48, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 57.24, 86.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% 0.0061 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.131 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6898, 57.1410, 17.5453)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC259 #5983EC

analogous

#EC7859 #ECC259 #CCEC59

triadic

#ECC259 #59ECC2 #C259EC

tetradic

#ECC259 #59EC78 #5983EC #EC59CC

square

#ECC259 #59EC78 #5983EC #EC59CC

split-complementary

#ECC259 #59CCEC #7859EC

monochromatic

#B68815 #E6AE22 #ECC259 #F2D690 #F9EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#ECC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC259

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC259	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.131 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48c',
    500: '#ecc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc259;
$custom-light: #f6d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83116,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC259

secondary

#3459B5

accent

#46DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC259

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

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