#ECC262#ECC262

#ECC262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.124 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC262
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, 4.10, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 53.24, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% 0.009 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.124 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0911, 57.3015, 19.6588)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC262 #628CEC

analogous

#EC7D62 #ECC262 #D1EC62

triadic

#ECC262 #62ECC2 #C262EC

tetradic

#ECC262 #62EC7D #628CEC #EC62D1

square

#ECC262 #62EC7D #628CEC #EC62D1

split-complementary

#ECC262 #62D1EC #7D62EC

monochromatic

#BD8A17 #E5AD2B #ECC262 #F3D799 #F9ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#ECC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC262

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC262	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)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.124 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d491',
    500: '#ecc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc262;
$custom-light: #f5d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC262

secondary

#375FBC

accent

#4ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC262

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

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