#ECC260#ECC260

#ECC260 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.126 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC260
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 3.95, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 54.14, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% 0.0083 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.126 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9979, 57.2642, 19.1677)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC260 #608AEC

analogous

#EC7C60 #ECC260 #D0EC60

triadic

#ECC260 #60ECC2 #C260EC

tetradic

#ECC260 #60EC7C #608AEC #EC60D0

square

#ECC260 #60EC7C #608AEC #EC60D0

split-complementary

#ECC260 #60D0EC #7C60EC

monochromatic

#BB8A16 #E5AD29 #ECC260 #F3D797 #F9ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#ECC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC260

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC260	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)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.126 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d490',
    500: '#ecc260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc260;
$custom-light: #f5d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83193,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC260

secondary

#365EBA

accent

#49DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC260

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

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