#ECC26D#ECC26D

#ECC26D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.114 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC26D
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 109)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, 4.94, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 48.20, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% 0.0127 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.114 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6467, 57.5237, 22.5845)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC26D #6D97EC

analogous

#EC826D #ECC26D #D7EC6D

triadic

#ECC26D #6DECC2 #C26DEC

tetradic

#ECC26D #6DEC82 #6D97EC #EC6DD7

square

#ECC26D #6DEC82 #6D97EC #EC6DD7

split-complementary

#ECC26D #6DD7EC #826DEC

monochromatic

#C58C1A #E5AB37 #ECC26D #F3D9A3 #FAEFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#ECC26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC26D

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC26D	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.114 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d499',
    500: '#ecc26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc26d;
$custom-light: #f5d499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.157,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83354,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC26D

secondary

#3A68C3

accent

#50D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC26D

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

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