#ECC261#ECC261

#ECC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC261
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, 4.03, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 53.69, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% 0.0086 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.125 86)
XYZ	xyz(56.0442, 57.2827, 19.4117)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC261 #618BEC

analogous

#EC7D61 #ECC261 #D0EC61

triadic

#ECC261 #61ECC2 #C261EC

tetradic

#ECC261 #61EC7D #618BEC #EC61D0

square

#ECC261 #61EC7D #618BEC #EC61D0

split-complementary

#ECC261 #61D0EC #7D61EC

monochromatic

#BC8A17 #E5AD2A #ECC261 #F3D798 #F9ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#ECC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC261

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC261	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d491',
    500: '#ecc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc261;
$custom-light: #f5d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83204,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.5728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC261

secondary

#365EBB

accent

#4ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC261

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

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