#ECC25E#ECC25E
#ECC25E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.127 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC25E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 194, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 60.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.31, 3.82, 54.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.31, 55.03, 86.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.17% 0.0077 0.1271) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.17% 0.127 86.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.9070, 57.2278, 18.6889) |
| Luminance | 0.5723 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.86
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.38
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.42
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.47
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.70
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC25E #5E88EC
analogous
#EC7B5E #ECC25E #CFEC5E
triadic
#ECC25E #5EECC2 #C25EEC
tetradic
#ECC25E #5EEC7B #5E88EC #EC5ECF
square
#ECC25E #5EEC7B #5E88EC #EC5ECF
split-complementary
#ECC25E #5ECFEC #7B5EEC
monochromatic
#BA8916 #E6AD27 #ECC25E #F2D795 #F9EBCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#ECC25E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.45
#ECC25E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC25E
12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC25E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC25E | 1.00 | 1.69 | 12.45 | 12.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C154
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEB3AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc25e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.127 86.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d48f',
500: '#ecc25e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc25e; $custom-light: #f5d48f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc25e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 194,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.254,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8317,
"c": 0.12733,
"h": 86.6
},
"luminance": 0.57225
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC25E
secondary
#355CB9
accent
#48DB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F