#ECC357#ECC357

#ECC357 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.133 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC357
RGB	rgb(236, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 2.84, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 58.35, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% 0.004 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.133 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8303, 57.5545, 17.1834)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC357 #5780EC

analogous

#EC7857 #ECC357 #CAEC57

triadic

#ECC357 #57ECC3 #C357EC

tetradic

#ECC357 #57EC78 #5780EC #EC57CA

square

#ECC357 #57EC78 #5780EC #EC57CA

split-complementary

#ECC357 #57CAEC #7857EC

monochromatic

#B48814 #E6AF20 #ECC357 #F2D78E #F8EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#ECC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC357

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC357	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.133 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#ecc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc357;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.49,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83293,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC357

secondary

#3357B4

accent

#43DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC357

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →