#ECC263#ECC263

#ECC263 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.123 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC263
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, 4.17, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 52.79, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% 0.0093 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.123 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1387, 57.3205, 19.9090)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC263 #638DEC

analogous

#EC7D63 #ECC263 #D1EC63

triadic

#ECC263 #63ECC2 #C263EC

tetradic

#ECC263 #63EC7D #638DEC #EC63D1

square

#ECC263 #63EC7D #638DEC #EC63D1

split-complementary

#ECC263 #63D1EC #7D63EC

monochromatic

#BE8A17 #E5AD2C #ECC263 #F3D79A #F9EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#ECC263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC263

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC263	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	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)

#D6C15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.123 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d492',
    500: '#ecc263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc263;
$custom-light: #f5d492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83228,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC263

secondary

#3760BC

accent

#4BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC263

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

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