#ECC265#ECC265

#ECC265 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.121 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC265
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 4.32, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 51.88, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% 0.01 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.121 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.2354, 57.3592, 20.4188)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC265 #658FEC

analogous

#EC7E65 #ECC265 #D3EC65

triadic

#ECC265 #65ECC2 #C265EC

tetradic

#ECC265 #65EC7E #658FEC #EC65D3

square

#ECC265 #65EC7E #658FEC #EC65D3

split-complementary

#ECC265 #65D3EC #7E65EC

monochromatic

#BF8B18 #E5AC2F #ECC265 #F3D89B #F9EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#ECC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC265

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC265	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.121 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d493',
    500: '#ecc265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc265;
$custom-light: #f5d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83252,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC265

secondary

#3861BE

accent

#4CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC265

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

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